The House of Culture in Tacoronte hosted the award ceremony for the II Baldomera García Historical Research Award of Tacoronte 2026, a municipal competition that rewards research work and the recovery of local and Canary Islands history. The event was presided over by the mayoress and head of the Culture Department, Sandra Izquierdo Fernández.
The jury, chaired by Doctor Judit Gutiérrez de Armas, a professor at the University of La Laguna, and composed of Doctor of History José Ramón Cebrián Guimerá and History graduate Ágatha Ayala González, unanimously selected the project by Rubens Ascanio Gómez. The award includes a prize of 2,500 euros.
The winning project, «Tacoronte: associative fabric, social change, and democratic memory (1904-1973)», analyzes the evolution of associativism in the municipality, the emergence of workers', political, and cultural societies, social transformations, and democratic memory, with a special focus on women's participation and the consequences of repression after the 1936 military coup. It received the highest score among the five submitted candidacies.
Alongside Ascanio Gómez's project, four other research studies on the history of Tacoronte were presented: «El vapor Tacoronte (1909-1973)», «San Jerónimo-Los Perales», «Mujeres, hogares y trabajo en Tacoronte (1779-1926)» by Carlos Martín Martín González and Paula Belén Barbero, and «El motín de Tacoronte de 1811».
Mayoress Sandra Izquierdo highlighted the continuity of the competition, which aims to contribute to the knowledge of local history and protect collective memory. The award honors Baldomera María García Fuentes, the first female mayor of the Canary Islands and Spain in 1933, inspiring the initiative to give visibility to figures and events that form part of collective memory, especially the contributions of women.
