San Agustín street, one of La Laguna's most emblematic thoroughfares, is set to offer a new nighttime experience. The City Council has begun designing a pilot heritage lighting project that will utilize luminaires with gobos, a system that projects images, shapes, or shadows onto urban surfaces.
These projections will be related to the architecture, history, and over five centuries of the city's life. The aim is for nighttime strolls along this street to reveal details, characters, and symbols that often go unnoticed during the day, transforming light from a purely practical function into a tool for cultural dissemination.
This initiative is part of the first Management Plan for the World Heritage Site of La Laguna, which seeks to guide the conservation and sustainable use of the historic complex. The project will be developed with criteria of energy efficiency, respect for protected buildings, and improved safety.
The content of the projections has not yet been decided, and a public participation process will begin on July 30. The Urban Planning Management will organize workshops and proposals to gather opinions on the historical scenes, figures, or symbols that should be featured.
The initiative will be experimental. The City Council will evaluate its technical operation, its impact on heritage, and its acceptance by residents and visitors before considering its expansion to other streets in the historic center. Mayor Luis Yeray Gutiérrez highlighted it as an innovative and respectful way to tell La Laguna's story, with citizens at the heart of the process. Councilman Adolfo Cordobés noted that the lighting can enhance the perception of the urban ensemble and reflect a new approach to managing the historic center.
