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cidade possui uma arquitetura contemporânea premiada, especialmente ao
redor da praça principal, onde se destaca a Câmara Municipal, projetado por
Francisco Jose Garrido e José Medialdea. A casa número 69 na rua da Imaculada é uma vivenda familiar que ganhou para
Jose Jesus Martin Palmero o prémio para o melhor edifício doméstico projetado e construído.Toda
primavera, a cidade inteira torna-se um palco para o Festival Internacional de
Teatro e durante o mês de julho decorre um festival que comemora os santos
padroeiros Isadro Labrador e Marcos.
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30 miles inland from Roquetas de Mar the boom town of El Ejido stretches roughly 12 km. along the N 340 motorway, which crosses what was once a wilderness of salt-flats and sand dunes and which is now a sea of plastic. 64,000 acres of polythene, supported by eucalyptus posts, provide the environment for the year-round production of fruit and salad vegetables, exported to northern Europe, making El Ejido the most prosperous area in Andalucia. This expansion began in the 1970s, bringing in workers from all over Spain and beyond, who invested in plots of land. Around 10,000 immigrants, mainly from Morocco, provide much of the labour. In 1980, the population was 2,000 and it is now 50,000.
The town boasts award-winning contemporary architecture, particularly around the main square where the town hall, designed by Francisco Jose Garrido and Jose Medialdea, stands. House number 69 in the street of the Inmaculada is a family home which won Jose Jesus Martin Palmero the prize for the best designed and constructed domestic building.
Every spring, the town becomes the stage for the International Theatre Festival and July is the time for a festival commemorating the patron saints Isadro Labrador and Marcos.
Bandeira de El Ejido | The flag of El Ejido |
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