The Canary Islands Cultural Heritage Council declares the Hotel Oriental of Lanzarote a BIC. The Socialist Party has shown the "satisfaction" of its group for the agreement of the Plenary of the Canary Islands Cultural Heritage Council that approves the declaration as a 'Asset of Cultural Interest' of the property known as Hotel Oriental.
The spokesperson for the Socialist Group in the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Ariagona González, who was responsible as Councilor for Heritage of the Cabildo of Lanzarote in the initiation of this file, has highlighted the "importance" of this decision for Lanzarote and especially for its capital. "The Hotel Oriental adds to its architectural value its historical character. It is not only a sample of architecture representative of the character of Arrecife at the beginning of the 20th century, but a piece of our history," he said.
The socialist councilor wanted to congratulate the staff of the Historical Heritage unit of the Cabildo, since the decision of the Canary Islands Cultural Heritage Council "guarantees the technical quality of its proposal and the architectural and historical arguments of the same, against the attempts of delegitimization that they suffered even from another public administration".
González has referred to the smear campaign launched by the Arrecife City Council, which repeatedly accused the Cabildo, and especially its president, Loli Corujo, of a partisan interest in an alleged effort to "block" the development of Arrecife.
"They even accused us of having "pulled rabbits out of the hat", questioning the rigor and validity of the technical reports, which they claimed lacked relevance from the point of view of heritage protection," the spokesperson recalled.
"Astrid Pérez and the Popular Party should apologize for having publicly questioned the rigor and professionalism of the staff of the Historical Heritage unit and the experts who signed the reports that are now validated by the Canary Islands Cultural Heritage Council," González concluded.
Ariagona González: "Astrid Pérez and the Popular Party should apologize for having publicly questioned the rigor and professionalism of the staff of the Historical Heritage unit and the experts who signed the reports that are now validated by the Canary Islands Cultural Heritage Council".