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
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.
This exhibition is complemented by the heritage routes “Quintana in La Laguna. The painter in the city 300 years later”, organised by the Department of Cultural Heritage of La Laguna together with Localiando.
The event, which is held simultaneously in September in the Group’s 15 cities, is expanding in response to the high demand generated by this event year after year.
A city to photograph
