San Miguel de Geneto celebrates the second edition of its Historical Heritage Days, a week for the encounter with centuries of culture and memory, which will take the form of an extensive programme of conferences, visits to historic buildings and an exhibition that will bring together graphic material on the history of the new road, which has linked La Laguna with Candelaria since the 17th century, together with a notable representation of the collection of models that recreate the traditional architecture of this village in La Laguna.

The initiative, organised by the Asociación Belenista y Cultural El Castrejón, with the collaboration of the Asociación Cultural San Borondón and the Department of Cultural Heritage of the City Council of La Laguna, will take place from 7 to 11 October at the Centro Ciudadano de San Miguel de Geneto.

The Councillor for Cultural Heritage of La Laguna, Adolfo Cordobés, highlights the involvement of associations and citizens of San Miguel de Geneto ‘in research and defense of its historical legacy, the engine of actions to recover the heritage and memory that are reflected in this complete conference’, which will have free admission until full capacity.

From Monday until Wednesday, starting at 19:00, the Centro Ciudadano will host three specialised conferences each day, given by historians, technicians specialising in heritage and researchers, and which will be accompanied by musical performances and round table discussions.

The programme of talks will begin on the 7th with ‘La tradición festiva en San Miguel de Geneto, 1898-1930’, by Carlos Javier Castro Hernández; ‘Bartolomé Castejón, un comerciante asentado en Geneto durante la primera mitad del siglo XVIII’, by Francisco Cabrera Alonso, and ‘Apuntes sobre la vida y obra de María Rosa Alonso’, by Juana González González.

On Tuesday, they will focus on the ‘Legal regime and heritage value of traditional paths: the paradigm of the Agache region’, given by Lucas Jorán Bermúdez Dorta; ‘The San Miguel de Geneto path: alternatives for its protection’, by José Carlos Cabrera Pérez, and ‘Popular earthenware in the Canary Islands, some references to Geneto’, by José Ángel Hernández.

The lectures will end on 9 October with ‘Burning pines: the fish ovens’, by Román M. González Rodríguez; ‘Against the invisible enemy: the command post and telemetry of the 11th battery of Quinta Roja’, by Jonás García Ravelo and Alejandro Estrada González, and ‘The passage of the new road from Candelaria through Geneto, some documentary references’, by Manuel Paulino de la Rosa Trujillo.

The activities will continue on Thursday, from 17:00 hours, with a visit to several buildings on the historic road to San Miguel de Geneto. In addition, from Monday until Friday, the Centro Ciudadano will host an exhibition of models and the history of the new road to Candelaria, which can be visited from 9:00 to 21:00.