Three weeks after the parish priest publicly denounced the landslides that are occurring in the walls of the Church of Guatiza, pointing out that he had been warning the institutions of the situation of the temple for years, the City Council of Teguise affirms that it has "promoted" a three-way meeting, in which representatives of Heritage of the Cabildo and the Diocese of the Canary Islands also participated.
According to the Consistory, the objective was to "unite criteria on the actions of restoration and conservation of ecclesiastical heritage assets and other Assets of Cultural Interest (BIC) of Lanzarote".
The meeting held last Friday was attended by the heads of Heritage, Works and Tourism of the Teguise City Council, as well as the Vicar General, Hipólito Cabrera, and the technicians from the Heritage area of Lanzarote and Teguise, who visited the main buildings of the Historic Site of the Villa.
“The objective is to promote an agreement between public institutions and the representatives of the diocese of the Catholic Church that covers the province of Las Palmas to jointly program actions for the restoration and conservation of chapels, churches and other assets of cultural interest of the ecclesiastical heritage of the island”, explained the mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort.
“Teguise houses important elements of the catalog of movable and immovable property to be protected in Lanzarote and from all administrations we must ensure its maintenance and optimal use,” he added.
“We all have to pitch in and allocate an annual budget item to subsidize the interventions, counting on specialists in conservation and architecture to supervise the projects in coordination with the Diocese of the Canary Islands,” Betancort concluded.