LA CARLOTA

LAURA ALCÁNTARAJOSE ANTONIO CARMONA

ISABEL Mª ESTABLEDAVID MARTÍNEZHELENA CHACÓN

ALEJANDRO CARMONAPILAR HERMÁNADRIÁN ZAFRA

1. LOCATION OF LA CARLOTA

This is the location of La Carlotain Spain, and in a map of Córdoba:

1.1 LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY.La Carlota is a town in the South of Spain, in Andalusia. It’s 30 km from the capital of the province, Córdoba. Is located in the Vega del Guadalquivir district.Ocupping 78,8 km and with a population of 13,000.La Carlota municipal area is divided into ten districtscalled ‘departments’, which contain villages or dispersedhouses.

2. HISTORY

In 1767, Carlos III colonized uninhabited areas of the Guadalquivirvalley and Sierra Morena. He created rural societies that would serve asfarming models for the rest of the country.Colonials were brought to Andalusia fromCentral European countries(mainly Germany, France andSwitzerland).

3. MONUMENTS

• Iglesia de La Inmaculada Concepción (Church of Inmaculate Conception).

3. MONUMENTS

•Ayuntamiento (Town Hall). Was originally designed to host the Sub-Delegation of the New Towns and served as an administrative center.

3. MONUMENTS

• Plaza de Abastos (Marketplace). This beutiful neoclassical building is used today like a local market.

3. MONUMENTS

• Posada Real (Royal Inn). It was use as a coach house and shelter for the travelers along the royal road.

4. FESTIVALS

• Candelaria. I’ts a tradition to light fires on the night of 1st February.

• Romeria de San Isidro. The pilgrimage of Saint Isidro takes place on 15th May. Traditionally people go out to the countryside to enjoy typical dishes.

• Feria (Fair). It takes place from 10th to 14th September. It’s one of the most important in the town’s festive calendar.

• Semana Santa (Easter Week). Very famous celebration in Andalusia. People join together to participate in the religious processions walking down the streets.

4.1 EASTER WEEK

4.2 CANDELARIA DAY

4.3 FAIR

4.4 PILGRIMAGE OF SAINT ISIDRO

5. IES NUEVAS POBLACIONES

5.1 OUR SCHOOL

• Nº of pupils: 600• Nº of teachers: 61• Type of school: Secondary school.

Compulsory education (12-16)Post-pbligatory (16-18)Vocational training(16-18)

o Electrycityo Administration and managemnet

- STEREOTYPES

1. SPANISH PEOPLE ARE LAZY.

It’s the most common stereotype about spanish people. Spain has very hard-working people, for example, you can see people working in the countryside at 3-4 am. And in Madrid,Barcelona..., you can find people pulling 50 hours per week shifts. So, from our point of view, Spain isn’t a lazy country.

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2. SPANISH DO THE “SIESTA”.

Althought some people do the ‘’siesta’’, most people don’t. This is said because the normal working hours are from 9 am to 14 pm and from 16 pm to 19 pm, so you get 2 hours for lunch, but with the activities that most people do, there is no time left for the ‘’siesta’’.

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3. SPANISH PEOPLE ARE LOUD.

Some people tend to talk loudly in comparation with the Northern or Eastern Europe, but that’s because they are very intense when expressing something. However, you can find a lot of different tones around Spain.

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4. SPAIN’S OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS SPANISH

This is true, but there are other three co-official languages:• Euskera or Basque: It’s spoken in the Basque country and in

Navarra. It’s the oldest spoken language in Europe and it has five different dialects.

• Catalan: It’s spoken in Catalunya, Valencia, Balearic Islands, in La Franja of Aragon and in Carche, Murcia.

• Galego: Is mainly spoken in Galicia, but also in some parts of Asturias, Castile and León. Is similar to Portuguese.

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5. SPANISH PEOPLE LOVE THE PARTY

It’s true. Spanish is one of the European Countries with more festivities during the whole year. Most spanish people like holidays, music and being social.

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6. THEY ALL LOVE BULLFIGHTING AND LOS SAN FERMINES

This is not true. In many comunities, bullfighting has been banned because most people consider it to be cruel. So, it’s becoming a lost tradition.

There are a lot of people who enjoy Los San Fermines, because the bull is not actually harmed, but most spanish people think it’s becoming too touristic.

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7. SPAIN IS A RICH COUNTRY

Althought Spain is considered a first world country and for many years has been a world power, there have always been many people facing a hard economic situation,

specially in recent years due to the economic crisis.

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8. YOU CAN ALWAYS RECOGNIZE A SPANISH PERSON DUE TO HIS OR HER ACCENT.

Althought it’s quite true that spanish accents are strong and hard to get rid of, people who work hard on learning languages have good pronunciations.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE?

Punctual

Elegant

Hardworking

Lazy

Outgoing

Polite

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE?

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Rude

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