Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Restoration of the Casa de la Piedra
It's reported that the Tenerife Island Corporation has recently initiated a study to draw up plans for a project to restore the singular, historic building the Casa Palacio de Los Marqueses de Adeje y Condes de La Gomera, popularly known as the Casa de Piedra (Stone House) - referring to the stonework on it's facade that was carried out by stonemasons from the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria - in Garachico, Tenerife.
The building, which dates from the end of the 16th Century, was originally owned by the Ponte family (founders of the town of Garachico) and, later came into the hands of the Counts of La Gomera, following a marriage between those two families. Casa de Piedra was significantly damaged in the 1706 eruption, which destroyed the town's port and today is in a preoccupying state of deterioration, both inside and out.
The restoration will be carried out by the Corporation, who are the building's current owners and the Government of the Canary Islands. It isn't said if the restoration will render the building available to the public, but it has been used in the past to house art exhibitions and similar events (one year the municipal Nativity was displayed inside the house), which leads one to hope that this will be the eventual case.
Restauración de la Casa de la Piedra
