The Real Sociedad Economy de Amigos del Pais was founded in Tenerife in the second half of the eighteenth century during the period known as the "Enlightenment", with the aim of stimulating improvement and development in all aspects of public life and in all areas of knowledge from social and experimental sciences to music and literature. Representatives of the Royal Economic Societies of the country His Majesty the King's proposals to bring culture, history and science to the public.