📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The haciendas had the objective of processing the cane and converting it into various products such as sugar, alcohol, brandy, etc. The hacienda de la Concepción is located in Cuautla Morelos and its origins go back to the end of the 16th century. The hacienda was a sugar producer, it had an aqueduct, such as the alcacamo, trapiche, chapel, chacuaco, purgares, hacendado house, orchard and perimeter fence. It is estimated that in 1625 the aqueduct was built, the subject of this project, since on that date a hydraulic wheel for the mill was purchased. At the end of the 19th century, with the incursion of the railroad the hacienda was modernized and in 1909 reached its maximum production of sugar and honey. The beginning of the revolutionary movement of 1910 leads to the ruin and destruction of most of the haciendas in the region. At the end of the Revolution, the lands of the hacienda were divided among the ejidos. This ends the use for which the hacienda and its aqueduct was designated, and with it the production of sugarcane.
💼 What the programme involves
An international workcamp will be carried out with the participation of national and international volunteers from France and Mexico who will be guided by professionals. The volunteers will participate in the manual cleaning of the aqueduct, removal of joints in poor condition and return of these, consolidation of part of the aqueduct by filling the joints of the walls in bad condition. They will use lime to prepare the mortar that will be used for filling the joints. They will also work the stone in some parts of the aqueduct under the direction of a professional stonemason. They will conduct awareness-raising activities for the local population on the importance of protecting built cultural heritage.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be staying in a house with all services available or at the ex-hacienda of La Concepción. Meals will be prepared by the volunteers.
📍 About the location
Cuautla is officially La heroica e histórica Cuautla, Morelos (The Heroic and Historic Cuautla, Morelos) or H. H. Cuautla, Morelos, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos, about 104 kilometers south of Mexico City.
The Cuautla Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Morelos, comprises the municipalities of Cuautla, Yautepec, Ayala, Yecapixtla, Atlatlahucan, and Tlayacapan. It covers 1,037.30 km2, which represents 21.26% of the state's total area.
There many water springs and spas all over the city. The gastronomy and the cultural intangible heritage is very much present in Cuautla and the region.
ℹ️ Additional information
This workcamps is highly recommended for architecture, history, restoration and heritage students.
