Agenda

Seminar to save the Old Town of Laredo

Puebla Vieja Laredo

Date

17 August 2022

Venue

Doctor Velasco House of Culture, Laredo, Cantabria

Time

9:00 am - 6:30 pm

Price

Free

We participated in the seminar for the population regeneration and patrimonial rehabilitation of the Old Town of Laredo

The Old Town of Laredo (Puebla Vieja) is home to a valuable artistic and historical treasure of churches, houses, squares and ramparts, among others. In order to build a prosperous future for this area, the Save the Old Town of Laredo Day was held on 17th August.

TECNALIA’s participation

  • Proposals for the population regeneration and patrimonial rehabilitation of the Old Town of Laredo will be shared in this seminar .
  • Igone Revilla, Director of City, Territory and Environment Projects at TECNALIA, will present the Repuebla project in which TECNALIA is participating.
  • Repuebla aims to develop and manage the strategic plan for rehabilitation and socio-economic activation in the Old Town of Laredo.

The event, with free admission, has been organised by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Historical Memory of the Government of Cantabria, along with the ACANTO Federation, the Association of Friends of Heritage of Laredo and Laredo Town Hall.

Agenda

Time

ACtivity

Speaker

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Inauguration of the Seminar

Pablo Zuloaga (Vice-President of Cantabria), Zoraida Hijosa (Director General of Cultural Heritage and Historical Memory, Government of Cantabria), Rosario Losa (Mayor of Laredo)

9:30 am - 10:15 am

Tools for the planning and control of the recovery of historical centres

Jesus del Olmo Alonso, Contract Professor, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Alcala de Henares

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Discussion

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Planning and management of heritage in historical sites: the architect’s vision

Juan Luis de las Rivas Sanz, Professor of Urban Planning and Land Use, University of Valladolid

11:15 am - 11:30 am

Discussion

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Break

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

To obtain public funding for the projects of organisations and entrepreneurs for a protected environment

Juan Manuel Revuelta Pérez, Attorney, Director of FINNOVA, creator of STARTEUROPEAWARDS

12:45 pm - 1:00 pm

Discussion

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Funding resources for a rehabilitation project in the Old Town of Laredo

Raúl Santos Álvarez, General Manager. Zwit Project and Coordinator of the Smart Rural Territory Platform

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm

Discussion

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Lunch

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Ugly Spain, Beautiful Spain

Andrés Rubio, journalist, author of the book "Ugly Spain"

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Round Table - Old Town of Laredo: disaster-stricken?

Lucía Ceballos (Head of the Cultural Heritage Service, Government of Cantabria), Andrés Rubio (journalist), Antonio Bocanegra (Heritage Councillor, Laredo Town Hall), Igone Revilla (Director of the Repuebla Project, TECNALIA), Pedro Rasines (historian and archaeologist)

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Discussion