La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space

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Cajacanarias culminated in 2002 the restoration works of the Xuárez Gallinato house, historical property that is located in the Plaza del Adelantado de la Laguna, in front of the Nava Palace, and which currently constitutes one of the cultural spaces of the CajaCanarias Foundation and the headquarters of the Fyde Cajacanarias Foundation. The origin of the first construction in said lot dates from 1523 and belonged to the person who gives him a name, an influential figure of the time, nephew of the advanced Alonso Fernández de Lugo.

The building is an urban property with two floors, whose construction occurred in the second half of the 18th century, and that has been an outstanding part, together with the City Council, Convent of the Catalinas and Palace of Nava, of the urban environment that makes up the Plaza del Adelantado. Its facade contains neoclassical elements and has two different parts. The first is the one that is oriented towards the Plaza del Adelantado, which is formed by a body of a creak and two floors, built with thick stone walls, mud and lime, which constitute the traditional materials of the Canarian architecture of this era.

EVENTS IN CULTURAL CAJACANARIAS LA LAGUNA

Conference "written in stone. The territory of Addar in Guanche era"

Cultural event
Friday, July 4, 2025 |
18:00 - 20:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Conference "written in stone. The territory of Addar in Guanche era" and guided tour of the exhibition written in stone guided by Professor Farrujia.

Exhibition The disasters of war. Photographs by Alberto Hugo Rojas

Cultural event
From Tuesday, July 15, 2025 |
00:00 - 00:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Exhibition The disasters of war. Photographs by Alberto Hugo Rojas

Meeting with Alberto Hugo Rojas "The story of war through photojournalism"

Cultural event
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 |
18:00 - 19:30
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Meeting with Alberto Hugo Rojas, War Graphic Reporter.

Conference. Renew the focus on heritage conservation: the role of civil society

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Francesco Bandarin. He is an architect, former deputy director of UNESCO culture.

Conference. Reinvent the built assets

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Carmen Espegel. He is a professor in architectural projects of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM).

Conference. Biocultural heritage and daily life in a Spanish -American city

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg. He is botanist and doctor in anthropology.

Conference. The "invention" of heritage: contradictions and possibilities

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Michael Jakob. He is a professor of history and landscape theory at the Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio of the University of the Italian Svizzera.

Seminar Reason for being of heritage in the 21st century

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
13:00 - 14:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
This seminar brings together a set of international reference specialists who will address the heritage as a cultural, economic and social engine, from the perspective of conservation, protection and innovation.