The Councillor for Cultural Heritage of the City of La Laguna, Adolfo Cordobés, has submitted a comprehensive report to the mayor of the Treasury, Paqui Rivero. This document details all sculptures, busts, and monuments situated in the public areas of the municipality—101 works that had not been catalogued and are valued at approximately 4 million euros. This report is crucial for initiating the review of the General Inventory of Assets of the City Council, which is now commencing its administrative process and must receive approval from the Plenary, as stated by the Consistory.
The effort invested in compiling this final document has been vital for the proper classification and professional evaluation of the condition of all these works, as well as for initiating a restoration plan for monuments, which is already concluding its initial phase. This phase has prioritised six works that were in the most critical condition, necessitating urgent intervention to prevent irreversible damage.
Adolfo Cordobés elucidated that, “following the establishment of the new corporation in 2023, the inventory of the institution’s assets was reviewed within the Historical-Artistic Furniture Heritage section. As a result of this initial assessment, we identified the absence of several well-known sculptures and busts across the streets, squares, and public spaces of the town.” He further added, “we commissioned a study for their cataloguing, conducted by Cultania, which has facilitated geolocating the existing works and compiling details regarding their state of preservation, origins, and typologies.”
“The subsequent step involved commissioning a study for the economic evaluation of these 101 works, which encompass busts, free-standing sculptures, and even notable artistic fountains, such as the one in Plaza del Adelantado from 1870,” Cordobés elaborated. This undertaking was managed by Marcos Hernández Moreno, an expert in Fine Arts and art restoration, with the final report indicating that the total valuation of the 101 examined works represents, at its highest approximation, a significant enhancement of the municipal heritage amounting to 4 million euros.
Paqui Rivero stated that, “upon receiving this study, we will proceed with the processing of the rectification, verification, and approval file for the general inventory of assets within section III of historical-artistic furniture, which will then be presented to the municipal plenary. After that, we will send a copy to the State and the autonomous community.”
This initiative, she noted, “will result in a notable enhancement of the inventory in section III, which to this point was valued at 558,298.49 euros.” Furthermore, “we are continuing with the process of updating and cataloguing all assets and rights that comprise the municipal heritage, to execute the necessary physical, legal, and economic adjustments and document the requisite annotations for their identification and the legal status and intended use they are currently serving,” she added.
