The conservation and restoration of the stone façade of the House of the Corregidorone of the historic buildings that are part of the headquarters of the La Laguna City Councilwill be undertaken in this 2024. Thus, it is one of the projects contemplated in this year’s municipal budget, with a specific item of 140,108 euros for the workaccording to data from the Works and Infrastructure area.
The mayor, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, highlighted that “this is one of our main commitments in heritage matters for the current mandate and this is reflected in this year’s budgets.” “We want to guarantee that this action, so demanded by citizens, is carried out with all the technical criteria, and for this reason the City Council will invite companies specialized in the monumental restoration sector, given the characteristics of the façade and the state of conservation in the one that is found,” he explained.
Thus, at this time, the drafting of the specifications to contract the restoration service from the Works area is being finalized, so it is expected that the works can be put out to tender and contracted in the first half of this year, they reported. The approximate period of the intervention would be eight months from the beginning of the work. Likewise, they pointed out that an update of the restoration project has been carried out, which already has all the favorable reports from the Historic Center Service.
It is worth remembering that this portal, which was one of the entrances to the City Hall, has been closed since 2017 and covered by a structure covered by a canvas that reproduces the image of the cover, awaiting its restoration. Through various studies, visible deterioration in its stone material and the need for conservation work had been detected.
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According to the Cultural Heritage Manager of the Cicop Foundation, the construction of the Casa del Corregidor began around 1540, finishing between 1545 and 1546, as stated in the inscription on its façade. As they explain, “the only thing that remains of the old factory is the red stone doorway framed by an alfiz, in a Plateresque Renaissance style, which has elements typical of the Gothic”, exactly the one that is going to be restored. “In his style he is one of the most important exponents of the Canary Islands,” they say.
