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.
La Laguna reveals its Point Zero, the place where Tenerife’s historic roads begin and the Canary Islands’ connection with Latin America
A bronze plaque measuring half a metre in diameter marks the centre of the compass rose hidden in the city’s layout for five centuries on Calle San Agustín
This new urban icon is digitally elevated in an audiovisual presentation that conveys La Laguna’s universal vocation as an Atlantic link between continents
The performance held at LM Arte Colección consolidates an exhibition that analyses the city from the energy of new female creators and connects with the memory of Pibes ‘8p
Fifteen schools in the municipality have joined this initiative, with a march that started at Plaza de la Concepción and passed through Obispo Rey Redondo and Viana streets until reaching Plaza del Cristo.
With this dual gesture, La Laguna reinforces its identity as the origin of Tenerife’s historic roads and as an urban model exported to Latin America, projecting its cultural legacy beyond its borders and reaffirming its universal vocation.
Internationally renowned speakers, such as Edith Brown Weiss and Angélica Dass, participate in a global forum that brings together art, academic thought and citizenship
The La Laguna Declaration of Future Generations is reinforced, 31 years later, in a World Heritage city awarded by the EU for its commitment to inclusion
A city to photograph
