Memoria Viva 2025 Prepares Over Two Weeks of Heritage Sites in Fuerteventura

The 17 workers hired under the Cabildo’s “Memoria Viva 2025” employment plan have been improving heritage spaces across the island through conservation and rehabilitation work. Since the programme’s launch in November 2025, activities have been carried out in more than a fortnight of sites, including museums, cultural centres and other historic locations.

Today, Cabildo president Lola García and Employment Promotion councilor Nuria Cabrera visited the conservation work taking place at the Molino de la Corte. There, crews have cleaned the interior, conserved wooden elements, repainted both the exterior and interior of the mill, and adapted the surrounding area.

“We are at a moment when we must make an effort to show where we come from and to showcase this legacy, which is part of our identity as an island,” said President Lola García, highlighting a job‑creation scheme that has invested over €472,000 to provide employment for nearly twenty people while protecting the island’s cultural assets.

Councilor Cabrera emphasized the Cabildo’s commitment to active employment policies and thanked the coordination with Museos de Fuerteventura for implementing the programme in museums belonging to that network. Through cooperation with municipal authorities, the work also extends to other historic assets such as traditional houses, historic lime kilns and former schools.

The visit also included Rayco León, Councillor for Museums of Fuerteventura, and Sandra Torres, Heritage councillor of the Antigua City Council.

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The employment programme is co‑financed by the Cabildo de Fuerteventura and the Government of the Canary Islands through the Fondo de Desarrollo de Canarias (FDCAN). Since its inception, the following interventions have been completed:

• Molino y la Molina de Tefía (Puerto del Rosario): cleaning, interior and exterior painting, mast installation.
• Molino de El Roque (La Oliva).
• Complejo Cultural Patrimonial de La Ampuyenta (Puerto del Rosario), specifically:
  • Casa de Fray Andresito
  • Hospitalito
  • Casa Doctor Mena
• Faro del Tostón and Molino de Villaverde.
• Cueva del Llano (La Oliva).
• Faro de la Entallada (Tuineje).
• Casa de Felipito el Feo.
• Centro de Interpretación del Poblado de La Atalayita (Antigua).

During March, work was also carried out at:

• Molino de los Llanos de la Concepción (Puerto del Rosario).
• Faro de la Entallada (Tuineje).
• Escuela Unitaria de Tesjuate – in collaboration with the Puerto del Rosario City Council, the team performed exterior cleaning, site adaptation, and structural consolidation tasks.

These efforts illustrate how the “Memoria Viva 2025” plan simultaneously creates jobs and safeguards Fuerteventura’s cultural heritage for future generations.