Evolution on a particular region in Spain.

1. LEPE BEFORE AND
AFTER
Rocío Domínguez & Julia Blanco

2. INDEX
• The city.
• Economy.
- Lands and seas
• Society and ideology.
- people and costumes.
• Art and culture.
• Politics

3. INTRODUCTION
• Lepe is now considered almost a city. It‟s located in the
southwest of Spain. It has a surface area of 127.9 Sq.km. and
it has a population of 28.000 people, of which over 5.000 are
immigrants. Lepe has 7 primary schools and 2 high schools. Its
main attractions are its 25 km of beaches where there are 7
attractive hotels. Its economy is based in the strawberry and
orange cultivations and fishing too. The town hall has 21
councillors.

4. ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE AND FISHING
Fishing: is practiced74% of irrigate
Strawberries form inshore. Also
practicedand oranges form 53% of
farming offshore fishing in countries
like Morocco, Senegal, Mozambique,
woody crop.
Angola and Mauritania. very
Strawberries exports are
important.

5. 70 years ago…
•Economy was based on traditional
agriculture and in the trawling.
•Trade was based mainly in the
exportation of figs and almonds.
•Fishing: draughts boat pit that were
fishing near the coast (sardines and
tuna)

6. INDUSTRY
• Industry: based on
construction,
greenhouses,
Now: harvesting equipment
•
• It was based on the
Before: grocery, “zampuzos”,
mills, shoes and hats

7. Gastronomy: nowadays we can show off our
•TRADE varied diet (Mediterranean) with all types of
food.

8. 70 years ago…
•Gastronomy: years before, people
only consumed what they was
produced in the village.

9. TURISM
•Tourism: 25km of beaches in La
Antilla and Islantilla, golf resorts,
malls, hotels, nightclubs…
BEFORE

10. TRANSPORT
•Now buses and cars are
faster and more confortable

11. Transport, 70 years ago…
•there was a train as a mean of
transport and only a few cars.

12. SOCIETY AND IDEOLOGY

14. •STREETS AND PEOPLE

15. SOCIETY AND IDEOLOGY
• GROUPS
Lepe is a multicultural city, there are a lot of
nationalities: Moroccan, Romanian, Polish,
Algerian and South American people.

16. •FASHION
Before people wear hats and walking
Here we can find international brands: sticks and women always wore a fan
Springfield, Benetton, Inside, Zara. and veils.

17. •PASTIME People used to have fun in popular
parties in the squares and (the known
as) summer cinema at night.
Now young people go to the
shopping centre and disco.

18. • They enjoy with San Roque’s team since 1956, its
foundator was a priest.
• 2000 people usually suport our local team.

19. ART
• Nowadays cities are more concerned about people's welfare
than before. There are more squares because people meet
there.
• People usually go to the theater, that is the newest building.

20. CULTURE
• SCHOOLS AND HIGHSCHOOLS
in the XX century school was divided boys
Nowadays schools have girls and by genres:
boys theasame class and centre, but…
in to school and girls to another.

21. •CHURCH
Church played an important role in XX
century. The church was destroyed in the
XVIII century in the Lisbon earthquake.

22. •COSTUMES
The most important holiday is the
pilgrimage of Bella‟s Virgin that is
celebrated on the second weekend
of May.

23. „La Bella‟
•Other holidays are “La Bella” y
“San Roque” from 13th to 16th
August.

24. POLITICS
-Town Hall: nowadays the town hall has
21 councillors
-Priest: was a very important figure in this
time along with the mayor.
- Army: at that time, all men had to do
national service with 18 years old.
- At that time Lepe lived in a dictatorship;
nowadays we enjoy democracy.

25. CONCLUSION
• Lepe is on the way to progress, it has a better present and
it can go on in the same way due to high technologies.