The City Hall will restore San Ildefonso Square after the next Holy Week recover the historic paving stone of Gerena found during the asphalt milling works, which are taking place these days in this enclave and throughout the surrounding areas of Pila del Pato, as part of the street repair plan underway throughout the city.
This work uncovered important pieces of said parquet flooring, which could date from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. “A discovery of great heritage value“which highlights the historical importance of this space located in the Old Town,” declared the town planning delegate, Juan de la Rosa, who came to supervise this work in light of this circumstance.
As detailed by the mayor, for the safety of road traffic and pedestrians, the surface will be redone and the paving stones will be kept hidden, “provisionally”, while Emasesa develops, jointly with the Department of Urban Planning, a complete network improvement and space reclamation project definitely. A “large-scale” action which will be undertaken “once Holy Week has passed”, when work will begin to bring this paving stone back to light and integrate it adequately into the space.
De la Rosa also stressed that the City Hall has already started the procedures for the complete restoration of the said squarewhich will be carried out once the corresponding redevelopment project has been developed.
This enclave constitutes an urban environment of particular particularity, housing buildings of great historical and cultural importance such as the Convent of San Leandro and the Church of San Ildefonso. The recovery of the original sidewalk will help to dignify this spacereinforcing its historical identity and improving the urban quality of the environment.
In this sense, the town planning delegate underlined “commitment to the protection of historical heritage” and with the “recovery of traditional elements” which are part of the collective memory of the city, betting on a “respectful intervention which combines conservation, functionality and enhancement of public space”.
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