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The principal aims of the roof to cover the ruins of the church of the Monastery of San Juan, is intended to protect the architectural remains of the temple and at the same time to create a new protected space to celebrate cultural activities regardless of weather conditions.

Burgos City Council is the main partner involved in the project of the roof to cover the architectural remains of the ancient church of the monastery. The urgent necessity to intervene in the monastery of San Juan to protect and consolidate the ruin of the old church makes it a priority for Burgos City Council.

The European Urban Plan Burgos City Council has subsidy from the European Urban funds. Burgos City Council decided to use these funds to promote a new roof to cover the ruins of the church of the Monastery of San Juan.

The Monastery of San Juan is a really important building, in 1944 was declared BIC (cultural interest property) by the Spanish State. Yet perhaps the main quality that makes Monastery of San Juan important at European level is its privileged location at the Way of St. James, know by the Spanish name Camino de Santiago. The monastery is a landmark for the pilgrims taking up the route of the Way of Saint James just before the entrance to the old city of Burgos across the Arco de San Juan. The Way of St. James was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during the Middle Ages. Nowadays hundreds of thousands pilgrims make the Walk of Saint James across Europe by foot or bicycle. Most of them are religious pilgrims looking for a spiritual adventure but many other pilgrims only make the Way for travel, sport or meeting other foreign people.

Besides ensuring the consolidation and protection of the architectural remains, the city of Burgos will have a new multipurpose and cultural exchange space.

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