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La Laguna launches a website to disseminate its World Heritage City in an accessible way

06/08/202027/07/2020 by admin

Presentación de la nueva web de Patrimonio

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Listen”] The council headed by Elvira Jorge has created a page, open to public input, to publicize the property inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The City Council of La Laguna, through the Department of Historical Heritage, has launched a website through which it will publicize its precious property inscribed since … Read more

Origin and evolution of the typical costumes of the Canary Islands

31/07/202021/07/2020 by admin

Talk given by Juan de la Cruz Rodríguez, independent researcher of Canarian popular weaving and clothing. He has worked since 1984 in the Museum of History and Anthropology of Tenerife as a Technician in Textiles and Clothing. He has regularly published books and articles on his speciality. Last book published: Los Trajes Típicos de La … Read more

Workshop of interpretation and use of the folder of patterns of traditional Canarian clothing.

26/07/202021/07/2020 by admin

Workshop given by Mª del Carmen Almenara Ramos, craftswoman specialized in the elaboration of traditional Canarian clothing. She is a professor in the department of Textiles, Clothing and Leather at CIFP Las Indias. She has organized courses in in La Laguna on the technique of gold embroidery and planned the creation of a workshop school … Read more

Santa Catalina de Siena Convent

25/07/202020/07/2020 by admin

Paso de la procesión del Corpus Cristhi frente a la Iglesia del Convento de Santa Catalina

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Santa Catalina de Siena Convent Corpus cristhi procession The first information about the convent of Santa Catalina in Siena dates back to the first half of the 16th century. In 1524 the Cabildo of Tenerife planned the foundation of a monastery of nuns on the land that the Adelantado … Read more

Monastery of Santa Clara. Convent of San Juan Bautista

25/07/202020/07/2020 by admin

Fachada y entradas a la iglesia del convento

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Monastery of Santa Clara. Convent of San Juan Bautista Facade and entry to the church This is the first female convent to be founded in the Canary Islands, with nuns from Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Between 1547 and 1577 the nuns settled in the Franciscan convent of San Miguel de … Read more

Old Convent of San Agustín

25/07/202020/07/2020 by admin

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Spanish Female” buttontext=”Click to listen”] Old Convent of San Agustín Current state The origin of this building goes back to the beginning of the 16th century, when the Adelantado (the governor) thanked the Augustinian Order for its support in the conquest and colonization of the island. A plot of land was donated to them … Read more