The City Council of Albentosa presented last Friday, June 26, the results of the project "The Way of the Holy Grail", an initiative that has allowed to adapt and improve the cultural itinerary as it passes through the municipality, reinforcing its tourist attraction and its commitment to the sustainable development of the rural environment.
The institutional act was attended by the mayor of Albentosa, Ms. Yolanda Salvador Corella, accompanied by José Luis Alvira, president of the Gúdar-Javalambre region; Ana Cris Lahoz, provincial deputy of Teruel; and Beatriz Martín, first vice-president of the Provincial Council of Teruel, who learned first-hand about the actions carried out and the impact that this project will have for the future of the municipality.
The initial project was conceived and developed by Dr. Ana Mafé García, president of the Cultural Association El Camino del Santo Grial and an expert in tourism in the development of cultural itineraries, who designed a strategic proposal aimed at turning cultural heritage into an engine of territorial development, entrepreneurship and creation of opportunities for the municipalities of the interior.
The execution of the project has been possible thanks to the commitment of the Albentosa City Council and the impulse of its mayor, Yolanda Salvador Corella, who opted from the first moment to integrate The Way of the Holy Grail within the tourism development strategy of the municipality. As stated in the institutional presentation, the collaboration initiated with Dr. Ana Mafé García and the International Association Cultural Itinerary 'The Way of the Holy Grail' in Europe opened new opportunities for Albentosa and laid the foundations of the project that is now a reality.
The "The Way of the Holy Grail" project has been fully implemented thanks to the financing of the European Next Generation EU funds, within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), which amount to two million euros, making possible a broad investment in infrastructures, accessibility, signage, improvement of urban space, digitalization, tourist communication and valorization of heritage cultural and natural of the municipality. Among the actions carried out are the improvement of trails, the creation of tourist routes, the rehabilitation of the pilgrims' refuge, the signposting of the itinerary, the adaptation of accesses, urban beautification and various promotion and training actions.
At the same time, the tourism promotion of The Way of the Holy Grail in Aragon is developed within the Strategic Plan of Subsidies of the Department of Environment and Tourism of the Government of Aragon, approved by the Minister of Environment and Tourism, reinforcing the dissemination of this cultural itinerary as an opportunity to revitalize the territory, strengthen the business fabric and generate new opportunities for sustainable development.
With this action, Albentosa consolidates itself as one of the municipalities of reference in the enhancement of The Way of the Holy Grail, demonstrating how cooperation between public administrations, cultural entities and scientific knowledge can be translated into real projects capable of promoting the economic, tourist and social development of the Aragonese rural environment.
