1. Intercultural City

2. What is an intercultural city?
• A place where different ethnic
groups and nationalities live
together in harmony
• They celebrate their festivals
and traditions.
• They are integrated in the
society, but keeping their own
identities.

3. There have been several examples of intercultural cities
in Spain throughout history, such as:
TOLEDO
CÓRDOBA
BARCELONA
SEVILLA
MELILLA
CEUTA

4. …but we have decided to focus on
Madrid and one of its boroughs…

6. A bit of History…
Lavapiés
was
originally a square in the
jewish quarter. There was
a fountain where people
washed their feet before
going
inside
the
sinagogue. Now there is a
catholic church where the
sinagogue was.

7. LAVAPIÉS
Madrid As A Melting Pot
Due
to
the
growth of Spanish
Economy during
the last decade,
many immigrants
came to Spain.

8. LAVAPIÉS
Madrid As A Melting Pot
Some of them chose Lavapiés as
buildings are old and rent prices were
affordable.

9. A Street In LAVAPIÉS

10. Almost 50% of the people who live in
Lavapiés are immigrants or have a
foreign origin.

11. SHARING spaces such as streets, medical
centers, schools, bars, festivities…in HARMONY.

12. Living in LAVAPIÉS
The different communities live in HARMONY
even though they have gone through difficult
times. In the past it was a dirty and violent
neighbourhood and now it is one of most lively
and colourful in Madrid. A perfect example of
Melting Pot.

13. Living In LAVAPIÉS
There is a flea market
on Sundays and Bank
Holidays in Lavapiés
where people of
different origins sell
their items.

15. Living In LAVAPIÉS

16. Bollywood In The Street

17. DIFFERENT ORIGINS
• Many nationalities live in Lavapiés but we are
going to focus on the five largest population
groups:
– Eastern Europe –
– Northern Africa –
. – South America –
– South America –
– Asia –

18. DIFFERENT ORIGINS

19. ROMANIA

20. ROMANIAN COMMUNITY
One of the Romanian
tradititions that has been
kept in Spain is the
Easter Eggs.
People paint the boiled
eggs
with
different
colours, patterns and
designs and make battles.

21. ROMANIAN COMMUNITY
ROMANIAN COMMUNITY
• They work in the
primary
sector
such as agriculture.
• Secondary
sector:
builders
and
industry, specially.

22. MOROCCO

23. MOROCCAN COMMUNITY
• Moroccans
feel
comfortable in Spain,
because Spaniards are
quite respectful with
their traditions.
• In Madrid there are many mosques built for
the development of their religion.

24. RAMADAN
Muslims
follow
religious customs
in Spain, such as
Ramadan, which is
the month of
fasting.

25. According to a survey
conducted in 2013 in
Madrid, many of the
immigrants are
unemployed, others
self-employed and many
in home construction.

26. CASA ÁRABE
-Arabic HouseEstablished in 2006
it is a meeting point
for people related or
interested in the
Arabic world.

27. ECUADOR
ECUADOR

28. ECUADORIAN COMMUNITY
Ecuadorian community is the second most
populous in Spain.
Ecuadorian Immigration in Spain 2001-2012
Year
Ecuadorian Residents
2001
139.023
2006
461.310
2012
306.380

29. ECUADORIAN COMMUNITY
Generally Latin American
immigrants work as
waiters, crafters and
domestic help.

30. ECUADORIAN COMMUNITY
Ecuadorians usually work in the textile
business and in arts and crafts

31. ECUADORIAN GASTRONOMY
CEVICHE
CHURRASCO
CUY

32. COLOMBIA

33. COLOMBIAN COMMUNITY
Colombians started to migrate to Spain especially
since 1989, but the boom of Colombian emigration
started in 1999.

34. COLOMBIAN COMMUNITY
• Columbian food is
known in Madrid and
people eat dishes
such as arepa. It is a
filled flatbread made
of
ground maize
dough
or cooked
flour

35. CASA AMÉRICA
-HOUSE OF AMERICAHOUSE OF AMERICA
(SINCE 1990) At Linares
Palace.
AIM: strengthen links
between Spain and Latin
America
ACTIVITIES: meetings,
conferences, exhibitions,
debates…

36. CHINESE COMMUNITY

37. CHINESE COMMUNITY
The
Chinese
community
usually own restaurants,
small grocery shops and shops
with all kind of things, called
pound shops or dollar
stores.

38. Chinese New Year

39. CASA ASIA
-HOUSE OF ASIA-
It was founded in 2001 to strenghten the
links between Spain and Asian countries.

40. FOOTBALL AS A COMMON LINK
Traditionally all the communities we have
mentioned love football. One of the things
they do in Spain is supporting the Spanish
National Team, European and World
Champion.

41. LA ROJA
Spanish National Football Team

42. Celebrating Spanish triumphs
as Spaniards do