The Tenerife Cabildo has approved the procurement file for the restoration and rehabilitation works at the Centinela Viewpoint, located between San Miguel de Abona and Arona. The project has an investment of 1.4 million euros and a completion time of 9 months.
The President of the Cabildo, Rosa Dávila, emphasises that this intervention represents a socio-economic development opportunity for the region, generating employment and encouraging the involvement of specialists in archaeology and heritage management.
According to Dávila: “Today we can proudly say that we are closer to restoring La Centinela to the place it deserves: a cultural, scenic, and social reference that connects the past and present, memory and identity, knowledge and development.”
The rehabilitation of the viewpoint, a long-awaited initiative, is being carried out in collaboration with the Government of the Canary Islands and the municipalities of San Miguel de Abona and Arona.
The rehabilitation project aims to activate and enhance a resource with significant potential, both in terms of heritage, as it is located in an area of great archaeological singularity and diversity on the island, and socio-economic impact.
This initiative includes a comprehensive refurbishment of the building and the establishment, on its lower level, of an interpretation centre related to the archaeological heritage of the Abona area, particularly the rocky sites.
The strategic plan for the project outlines several action lines: promoting awareness and appreciation of the archaeological heritage of southern Tenerife; improving the conservation of the sites by implementing management mechanisms that optimise their control through public use; expanding the offering of cultural tourism in the region; creating an educational and teaching resource available to schools and the wider community; and contributing to the socio-economic development of the midlands, generating employment, including qualified positions linked to archaeology.
