2. INDEX
• The city.
• Economy.
- Lands and seas
• Society and ideology.
- people and customs.
• Art and culture.
• Political
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 km2 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 strawberries and
oranges cultivation and in the fishing too. The town hall has 21
MPs.
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…
•The economy was based in
traditional agriculture and in the
trawling.
•The 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
• was based on the
Before: grocery, “zampuzos”,
mills, shoes and hats
7. •TRADE
Gastronomy: nowadays we can show off our
varied diet (Mediterranean) with all types of
food.
8. 70 years ago…
•Gastronomy: years before, people
only consumed what they produced
in the village.
9. TURISM
•Tourism: 25km of beaches in La
Antilla and Islantilla, golf courses,
malls, hotels, nightclubs.
BEFORE
10. TRANSPORT
•Now buses and cars are
faster and confortable
11. Transport, 70 years ago…
•there was a train as a mean of
transport and few cars.
15. SOCIETY AND IDEOLOGY
• GROUPS
Lepe is a multicultural city, there are a lot of
nationalities: Morocco, Romania, Poland,
South American people and Argelia.
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 were used to popular parties in
the squares and (summer cinema) at
night.
Now young people go to the
shopping centre and disco.
18. • They enjoy with San Roque’s team since 1956, it
creator was a priest.
• 300 suport our local team.
You can see here, the website of the team:
19. ART
• Nowadays cities are better careful than before. There are
more squares because people meet there.
• People usually go to the theater, that is the newest construction.
20. CULTURE
• SCHOOLS AND HIGHSCHOOLS
in the XX century schoolhave girls andby genres:
Nowadays schools was divided boys
boys to a schoolclass and to another.
in the same and girls centre, but…
21. •CHURCH
Church played an important role in XX
century. The church was destroyed in the
XVIII century in the Lisbon earthquake.
22. •COSTUMS
The most important holiday is the
pilgrimage of Bella‟s Virgin that is
celebrated the second weekend
of May.
23. „La Bella‟
•Other holidays are “La Bella” y
“San Roque” from 13 to 16
August.
24. POLITICAL
-Town Hall: nowadays the town hall has
21 MPs
-Priest: was a very important figure in this
time along with the mayor.
- Army: at that time, all men were going
to do national service with 18 years old.
- At that time Lepe lived in a dictatorship;
nowadays we enjoy of a democracy.
25. CONCLUSION
• Lepe is in the way of progress, it has a better present and
it can continue in the same way thanks to a higher
technology.
