material is trachytic nature to cuarzotraquítica, petrological analysis of which shows a basic composition of alkali feldspar idiomorphic in isometric lamellar or prismatic forms, tending to packed, larger crystals. In a lesser extent other materials are mica, iron and manganese. Quartz also occurs as a filler interstitial.
trachyte composition. In "Esmeralda: The power against myth. Jesus Giráldez Macia. 2007. P. 45 "
What we see today Tindaya the mountain are a volcanic lavas that have been uncovered after the erosive forces of wind and water dismantling the main structure, your skin. Located northwest of the island of Fuerteventura is a mythical and mystical mountain. It is mythic because encompasses unique natural values \u200b\u200bin the desert landscape of Fuerteventura as the stone is inside the trachyte. It is mystical because it hosts one of the collections podomorfos richest made by the people nice, considered a Cultural (BIC). For them the place was a sacred pilgrimage destination from which to claim their dead ancestors and rain, a factor that allowed life in a land scorched by the sun. For these and other reasons of a botanical and zoological geological formation is considered a natural monument since 1994.
Access from the road to La Oliva is particularly attractive. Tindaya totemic figure is hovering alone among the desolate land thirsty for water amber. Is gradually gaining height and showing their stone edges to define an imposing mass rising above the plain feature Fuerteventura. A plain known as the Llano del Esquinzo scholars named the place names do not hesitate to point out that derives from the Berber Fquen, it was surmised by the historians refer efequenes and sacred temples. (...) It is bowing stone structures and plant which abrigarían circular inside an idol to the ancient worship and protect them. (Tindaya. power against the myth. P. 32. Jesus Giráldez Macía. 2007) . The archeological investigations on 98 confirm the existence of a these structures near Esmeralda, concluding that the mountain was a major cultural center for the nice. Ramon Margalef
said that despite sharing the prefix echo is very difficult to build effective bridges between economics and ecology. The ecologist sometimes denounced the contradiction inherent in the term sustainable development. Can we consider developing an economic process whose effects are the deterioration of the environment where it attaches to human beings? If an impairment, can we speak of real development or improvement in welfare? Can a monetary value that loss? Is it ethical assessment only an economic problem that social connotations, environmental and identity? All these questions arise as we reflect on the case of mountain Tindaya.
One of the justifications that wielded the promoters of the idea, including its author; "my work I wanted was to save" (Years ago I had an intuition. E. Chillida. The Country. 27/07/1996) Tindaya was to convert a natural sculpture serve as a tourist magnet that would help lift the island out of its economic ostracism. However, what studies support this thinking? How many tourists should arrive in Fuerteventura for the intervention to be profitable? It will invest € 75 million according to reports. Many tourists have come to recover the investment. What social actors benefit from the intervention would involve the removal of the trachyte, filling the place for the arrival of tourists, building the foundation and the museum? Does the project inserted into an overall policy of urban revitalization of the area that includes the improvement of public facilities in the region, promoting local products, boosting commercial activity, the recovery of livestock and other primary activities or else it is a mere independent action seeks to serve only as a showcase? Meaningless window dressing but a continent very costly for the public purse is full Canarias.
As already published, the Canary government's intention is that the project has no cost to public coffers. This will convene a public competition and private enterprise that wins will receive, on a concession, the tourist development of the monument during the time required to recover € 75 million. We'll see if this is really so, what private companies want to take 75 million € to recover the long term? In this type of mega private enterprise does not usually take risks, because of its high cost and high likelihood that the final cost tends to multiply. Hence, the vast majority of mega projects being undertaken by the State. Or is there something else, not yet declared, although well known, related to the planning of the area or the exploitation of marble mine discovered in 1990?. space for me and for others the stone , once said the sculptor ( Chillida enters a sacred mountain. The Country. 30/07/1995) . Why Who is the stone?. This is the crux of the matter.
One issue that neither justice has been elucidated and should be resolved since it is essential to assign responsibility for the looting which has become Tindaya, is the dark process in which awards were developed Esmeralda Mining and Quarrying Tebet to the company Cape Verde. Also allocated funds for the first geological studies and surveys conducted in the area that supposedly marked the beginning of the project. This led to the disappearance of a monetary amount that some estimated at over € 12 million and that is unknown today his whereabouts. Also needed to mount a serious archaeological study prior to any intervention in the mountains, as required by law to be a BIC and whose objective would be to assess which way would be affected archaeological engravings of the mountain. Another point to clarify, the same company responsible for the government of the Canary Islands for environmental reporting (Guadiana Studies) was the same engineering company would be responsible for the execution of the work. (Esmeralda, damn work. The Country. 16.22.08) . A very enlightening incongruity of darkness that has surrounded the project and how it has treated The item was Canary Islands Government, which was quick to categorize the work of interest to the Canary Islands. In the end a statement to that usually come when the Administration has had its weight and solid arguments to justify the project which aims to promote.
The fundamental problem underlying the Tindaya case, as in many other problems of the reality is that it continues Canary considering the territory as an economic resource to be exploited, either by private agents or the administration. It is the economic paradigm based on production, a concept that is merely a euphemism that hides the collection, acquisition and appropriation of natural resources.
insights and ideas that come from any artistic discipline whether architecture, sculpture or any other and that are embodied in a project to build, are lawful and necessary. Improve human relations. No art is obvious that humanity would not advance. However, the fact remains that all these interventions should be compared with the natural environment they are inserted, assessing its impact and an objective condition before its footprint is immortalized. If space is perfect and the view of Chillida himself, how to improve it? In the process of assessment is imperative that you have obtained the opinion of the people directly affected by the intervention, within a process that should be primarily democratic and transparent. Especially when what is affected is the natural heritage. Chillida himself said on many occasions that if the project involving the division of the islands' society would not be interested in making his dream will be if people agree . (Chillida consensus calls for Esmeralda. The Country. 18/12/1996) . Not only was and is no division for many years but has used the project as a weapon among the main political parties canaries. Something that the sculptor also flatly rejected (Years ago I intuition. E. Chillida. El País. 07/27/1996) . A gesture that honors and showing that he was aware that art can not go against the will of the people, not imposed under any circumstances despite the fact that take place after some unfortunate statements ( Chillida "stands Tindaya by a gang of uneducated. The Country. 02/27/1999) .
If this is progress How can progress to be so violent?. What is clear is that our current model society does not value enough what previous generations inheritance deposited in either a natural monument or architectural construction. The monument, which would a large sculpture for tolerance in Basque author's words, has been so far and therefore not tolerated by many canaries. If you really have reopened the case, the Canary government will face again the intolerance that has managed to preserve a natural setting.
Photo 1: Esmeralda from the road to La Oliva.
Photo 2: Tindaya
Photo 3: A road in Fuerteventura
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