The general director of Culture and Cultural Heritage, Miguel Ángel Clavijo, has presented a proposal to the Cabildo de Tenerife to create archaeological parks, which the island lacks, and thus enable a network of places with history to disseminate their knowledge among the population.
Miguel Ángel Clavijo points out in a statement that this is one of the initiatives raised during a meeting this Thursday with the team responsible for the Historical Heritage area of the Cabildo de Tenerife, aimed at establishing “the new work policy that seeks to coordinate and optimize the actions that affect the conservation, diffusion and greater relevance of the cultural heritage of the island”.
In this regard, Clavijo has proposed setting up a network of places with history in which they continue to work and disseminate their knowledge to the public, in addition to stimulating innovation, sustainability, administrative coordination and good practices “agreeing on lines of action aimed at make cultural heritage a useful tool that contributes to the development of society”.
As a starting point for the meeting, an assessment and a general diagnosis of the current situation of cultural heritage in Tenerife was made.
In addition, the agenda also included the status of the project for the Barranco Agua de Dios Archaeological Park (Tegueste) and the La Centinela Interpretation Center (San Miguel de Abona), both archaeological sites that stand out for their uniqueness and scientific importance. .
These, among other issues, are some of the priority actions that the Government of the Canary Islands seeks to promote in this legislature.
Isabel de Esteban, insular director of Territorial Planning and Historical Heritage of the Cabildo de Tenerife, has valued the meeting because it has revealed “complete collaboration between the two administrations in aspects as important as archaeological projects and their interpretation centers, as well as the common objective of promoting the creation of catalogs of municipal assets in close collaboration with the town halls”.
Throughout the following weeks, the team from the department led by Miguel Ángel Clavijo will continue this round of contacts with the competent island institutions in matters of the archipelago’s cultural heritage with the aim of maintaining fluid and collaborative communication.
