The Arona City Council urges the Cabildo to declare the San Lorenzo Valley pilgrimage as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC). The government group promotes, through the Department of Historical Heritage, an institutional motion in this regard. It will be debated in plenary next week and it is requested to initiate the necessary procedures to declare the pilgrimage of Our Lady of Fátima Intangible Cultural Heritage, “for its heritage and historical riches, municipal and regional religious and folkloric significance.”
José Julián Mena, mayor of Arona, points out that “the declaration responds to the dignity and strengthening of a fundamental festival for Valle San Lorenzo, with special roots for all of Arona.” He stresses: “It is essential to protect our traditions and heritage in order to pass them on to future generations.”
The pilgrimage is more than 70 years old. To this is added an ingredient of great interest, that of the space in which it is celebrated, La Centinela, located in the Roque de Jama complex, one of the great archaeological and natural treasures of Tenerife.
The motion also contemplates that the City Council promote research and rescue projects for all the cultural assets associated with the traditional festival.
The Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Fátima is one of the most attractive in the South of the Island. On May 13, 1950, the first image moved on a pilgrimage to La Centinela.
