The mayor of Gáldar, Teodoro Sosa, inaugurated this Saturday the Agáldar Museum, focused on the history of the city from the pre-Hispanic period to the 21st century.
The mayor of Culture, Julio Mateo, was in charge of conducting the institutional act, in which an agreement with the Rodríguez Castillo family was reported, which has donated a document that contains the hypotheca signed by some neighbors to finance the construction from the church of Santiago.
An agreement was also signed with Rosa María Martinón, who has donated the palette of the painter Antonio Padrón, another agreement with the artist Cristóbal Guerra, who has donated the painting Palacio de Los Guanartemes, and another agreement with the artist, Diego Higueras, who has donated a portrait of Juan Borges Linares.
The museum project has been in charge of the company,, Gaia Consultores Insulares SL, already 85% co-financed with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the DUSI Strategy of which the City Council of Gáldar has been awarded, and with the remaining 15% of the council’s own funds.
The Museum, located in the Casa del Capitán Quesada, has thirteen exhibition rooms and is also equipped with numerous screens, tablets, virtual reality devices and up to three holograms that will immerse the visitor in the historical reality of Gáldar.
The mayor of Gáldar, Teodoro Sosa, highlighted the effort made by the City Council so that Gáldar has a Museum of Height, and had words of memory for the councilor Encarnación Monzón, who was in charge of directing the restoration works of the property .
I also point out that it was a day is a day to feel particularly proud as Galdenses and as Gran Canarians, because from this day on, the historical evolution of the city, including the aboriginal era and all our historical, artistic and cultural wealth, unique and admirable , will have an important role in this Museum of the History of the City that will allow us to revalue it and show it publicly ”.
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