25th Anniversary of San Cristóbal de La Laguna as a World Heritage Site
San Cristóbal de La Laguna was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 2 December 1999, for being a unique example of a colonial city without walls, and built from a complex project based on navigation as a science of the time and as a space for the organisation of a new social order. science of the time and as a space for organising a new social order.
The original layout from 1500, which has remained intact over the centuries, of influences between European and Hispano-Portuguese culture, European and Spanish-Portuguese culture and American culture, with which it has maintained a constant link from a human, cultural and socio-economic point of view.
The City Council, together with the island and Canary Islands institutions, presents the closing programme for the 25th anniversary as a World Heritage City.
International conferences, exhibitions, an institutional ceremony and an audiovisual show in the Cathedral will form part of the final week of events.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna is preparing to host a new edition of the City of La Laguna Choral Festival, which this year celebrates its 46th edition, from 15 to 21 December 2025, in some of the municipality’s most emblematic heritage and cultural venues.
The city thus becomes the epicentre of an international debate on how to preserve, disseminate and project its legacy into the future, reinforcing its role as a heritage benchmark in the Canary Islands and in Latin America.
Set in the final years of the 16th century, the play suggests that the mythical tree bearing golden apples described in classical mythology was located in La Laguna and that these apples could grant immortality to King Philip II.
A city to photograph
