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.
The conference will be held in the afternoon in the Crystal Room of the former convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, with free admission.
The initiative, which is part of the programme commemorating the 25th anniversary of the city’s inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, is conceived as a contemporary reinterpretation of the historic cultural emergence of ‘Pibes ’85’.
Throughout the morning, the activity took place in the most emblematic streets and monuments of the historic centre, linking towers, balconies and bell towers through sound.
A city to photograph
