Mijas will invest 953,000 euros in a new cultural space in La Puente, a building included in the Historical Heritage of Andalusia.

The Mijas Town Hall already has a project that will allow the creation of a new cultural space at the historic site known as La Puente. ... This is an emblematic place in Mijas Pueblo, where there is an intention to create a new attraction for visiting this part of the municipality. The project has a base tender amount of 953,030.87 euros and a completion period of eight months.

The project outlines the necessary work to construct a new building between Fuente del Algarrobo, Coín, and Cantera streets, all with the premise of maintaining and preserving the vault that exists on the site, known as La Puente, which was restored in 2021. The plot in question is rectangular and elongated and has a significant unevenness in the streets that define it. The project indicates that the building will be traditional Andalusian, with gabled roofs and a white facade.

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The most characteristic feature of the site is that currently only the vault in the form of a passage where the property was located is preserved, so the intention of the government team is to create a new building made in the image and likeness of the one that was there and was demolished in the eighties of the last century. For this, they have graphic documentation. In fact, La Puente has great historical value, as it is an architectural element included in the General Catalogue of the Historical Heritage of Andalusia.

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The aim is to materialize the use of the plot, on one hand, to continue the historical image of the town with a facade on La Cantera and Fuente del Algarrobo streets, and on the other, to locate there a cultural space with a permanent exhibition room that integrates the most relevant archaeological materials found, for example, in the Jardines de la Muralla and in Cortijo Acebedo, all linked to a photo exhibition from the era.

"We intend to preserve the historical value of this space, its Andalusian character, while seeking to increase the tourist offer of Mijas Pueblo. The new building will have a great cultural character," explained the mayor, Ana Mata.