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San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Spain
Date of Inscription: 1999
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Property : 60.3800 ha
Buffer zone: 23.7100 ha
Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
N28 28 40.4 W16 18 42.4
Ref: 929

Brief Description

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Canary Islands, has two nuclei: the original, unplanned Upper Town; and the Lower Town, the first ideal 'city-territory' laid out according to philosophical principles. Its wide streets and open spaces have a number of fine churches and public and private buildings dating from the 16th to the 18th century.
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Justification for Inscription

Criteria (ii) and (iv): San Cristóbal de la Laguna was the first non-fortified Spanish colonial town, and its layout provided the model for many colonial towns in the Americas.

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