SPB23 Cultural trip to Sitges
30 nov. 2023the teacher in charge explained the history of the city of Sitges and its historic connections with the American continent,especially Cuba. Many people from Sitges went there to make a fortune, and those who returned with large fortunes, the so-called"Indianos", built their homes in a colonial or eclectic style, incorporating palm trees into their gardens and establishing theirpatronage of charitable or cultural institutions, subsidizing the construction of schools, churches and town halls... truly being theprecursors of progress and modernity. After this information, the students were given a map of the city and a list of the mostimportant houses and places of interest. They all walked through the town’s history, strolling along the streets, and were able to admire the palaces and ancient castles as well as historic buildings from the Modernist, neoclassical and Noucentist movements.