There are no exact data on the date of completion of the primitive construction of La Alh ndiga, but it is recognized that it was one of the first buildings in the town of Tejina, probably built at the beginning of the 17th century. On March 5, 1662, one of the manifestations of the identity of the people of Tejina was formed, the constitution of a place or institution destined to maintain grain collection, providing it under medical conditions during times of shortage and out for food as for sowing. The loan was constituted with the name of Arca de la Misericordia being formed at the initiative of numerous neighbors and with the collaboration of the priest, being its fund of 150 busted, paying the interest at the rate of almudia and half by busting, being the benefits destined to the improvement of the parochial temple. Two years later, in 1664 the barn in which these grains were stored was already built, this being the first date in which reference is made to the house of La Alh ndiga. The purpose was governed by articles that constitute an excellent manifestation of the intense communal conscience that the neighbors had. The loan had two centuries of life, being the last account that appears in the books of minutes of November 21, 1873. Another highly significant value of La Alh ndiga is that it was the seat of the City Council of Tejina from its constitution in 1813 until its dissolution and annexation to the City Council of La Laguna in 1850. The memory of what one day meant for the town of Tejina ... |
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DE LA COVA GARC A. Dolores: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES USED IN THE CANARY ISLANDS GONZ LEZ HENRIQUEZ, Jos V: Local Measures of the Canary Islands. Newsletter of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation, N 136, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, 1975. BESNIER ROMERO, L,: Agricultural Measures and Weights, Publications of the Ministry of Agriculture, Madrid 1964. |
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Detalles arquitectónicos de la cubierta a cuatro aguas de pares y tirantes del edificio principal de La Alhóndiga. |
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Plano de Tejina de 1834 |
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