The “cañadas” are rural paths created by the sheep farmers to move their stock from one area of the country to another. Some of them, like the Galiana exist since the Middle Age and are now considered World Heritage by the UNESCO.
The Galiana crosses Spain from Soria to Ciudad Real and the area that passes by Madrid is one of the most conflictive.
Since the 60 ́s it started being illegally urbanized and now it’s possible to find from great building blocks until slum areas.
El Gallinero was one of them, a shanty town made of very humble wooden shacks. Most of the families living there were Romanian gipsies, who started arriving in Spain around the year 2004.
When the slum was dismantled in 2018, there were around 800 families. Only 150 people earned the right to move to state projects on the neighborhoods nearby. The other had to see their homes being destroyed without having anywhere else to go.
El Gallinero was one of them, a shanty town made of very humble wooden shacks. Most of the families living there were Romanian gipsies, who started arriving in Spain around the year 2004.
When the slum was dismantled in 2018, there were around 800 families. Only 150 people earned the right to move to state projects on the neighborhoods nearby. The other had to see their homes being destroyed without having anywhere else to go.
Las cañadas son caminos rurales creados por los ganaderos para trasladar sus ovejas de una zona del país a otra. Algunas de ellas, como la Galiana, existen desde la Edad Media y ahora son consideradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.
La Galiana atraviesa España desde Soria hasta Ciudad Real, la zona que pasa por Madrid es una de las más conflictivas.
Desde los años 60 se empezó a urbanizar ilegalmente y ahora es posible encontrar desde grandes bloques de construcción hasta barrios chabolistas.
El Gallinero era uno de ellos, un barrio de chabolas hecho de casuchas de madera muy humildes. La mayoría de las familias que vivían allí eran gitanos rumanos, que empezaron a llegar a España alrededor del año 2004.Cuando se desmanteló el barrio en 2018, había alrededor de 800 familias.
Solo 150 personas obtuvieron el derecho de mudarse a pisos de protección oficial en los vecindarios cercanos. Los demás, tuvieron que ver cómo sus casas eran destruidas sin tener ningún otro lugar adonde ir.
