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
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.
A city to photograph
