Costa de la Luz
Demolition of abandoned buildings at Sancti Petri
By h.b. - Jul 16, 2008 - 6:00 AM
email this articleThe homes at the site were abandoned by tuna fishermen 30 years ago
The Coastal Authority has finally moved in to demolish the homes at Sancti Petri, in Chiclana, after they had been abandoned some 30 years ago. Some of the locals turned out to watch as the bulldozers moved in to restore what was an unspoilt stretch of the Cádiz coastline.
A few of them remembered living in the area which at its hay-day gave work to nearly 1,000 tuna fishermen, but the industry entered a crisis at the start of the 70’s and the area was abandoned, except for a few squatters.
Now Sancti Petri is set to return to be an area for tourism and leisure. A few of the houses and a church will be saved.
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