The member of the Mixed Group-Nueva Canarias in the Island Council of Lanzarote, Óscar Noda, has achieved the unanimous approval of all political groups with representation in the plenary session of the Island Council of Lanzarote for his motion "for the Cabildo of Lanzarote to change the name of the environmental complex, removing the name of Zonzamas, so that in that area common to the complex and the site, the denominative association to the historical site predominates, thus restoring its historical identity and dignity that it deserves."
In the argumentation of his motion, Noda explained that "if I mention Zonzamas, some will probably think of the institute, which also does a commendable job, and I think that calling it that also dignifies it, others will think of the environmental complex and the landfill, but, probably, very few remember the Zonzamas site. We have all passed by that road countless times and, perhaps, what we have is a vague image of that kind of room and those bars that have been there for a long time."
"As mayor of Yaiza," Noda continued, "I have also defended the Rubicón site, the wells. I believe that there must be an island vision of historical heritage and there are three very important nuclei, the Rubicón wells, Fiquinineo and, of course, there is Zonzamas. I have been able to verify in biographies, on the internet, in articles and, after talking with the archaeologists who are currently working there, the historical importance of that site in terms of that possible palace of Zonzamas and, above all, that possible origin of the Majo people", the councilor indicated.
In this sense, he highlighted in a press release that "we have to give it the importance it deserves. I congratulate the previous Heritage Councilor for making those guided visits because we have to know what we have and what we are and, ultimately, an area that can be of the utmost importance in the history of the island of Lanzarote."
Noda, has indicated that "within those guided visits, people put their GPS and end up entering the environmental complex. The one who does not end up in the institute, probably arrives at the environmental complex. This is the case of the director of the company that carries out the excavations, who, the first time he arrived in Lanzarote, got into a taxi at the airport and asked to be taken to Zonzamas. First he took him to the institute in Arrecife and then he took him to the environmental complex."
Thus, he added that "in order to dignify and give the importance that this site deserves when Zonzamas is named, we must directly associate it with the site where the cradle of our civilization is probably located." In this sense, he explained that he did "several tests in Google Maps putting only Zonzamas from different points of the island, from the Plaza de Los Remedios in Yaiza, from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Teguise and even from the Plaza de San Bartolomé, which is the closest, and they always send you to the Institute."
The councilor pointed out that "the ideal would be to be able to change in the application, to remove, at least, Zonzamas from the environmental complex. I do not propose names, it can be the Lanzarote environmental complex, there is only one. Contact Google Maps so that, in the search priorities, when Zonzamas is entered, only the site appears."
All the political groups with representation in the island council plenary have unanimously approved the motion of Óscar Noda for "the Cabildo of Lanzarote to change the name of the environmental complex, removing the name of "Zonzamas and thus, it is only associated with the historical site, thus restoring its identity and the historical dignity it deserves."