CIVIBADemocracy and Civic Practices

Space

El Campo de Cebada

La Latina, Madrid · Madrid · Spain

Commons and belongingParticipatory urbanism2010-2017

The lot of the demolished La Latina sports centre, ceded to neighbours and run by assembly for seven years: garden, sport, cinema, assemblies and self-built furniture. A European reference for citizen urbanism and for what neighbourhood management of public space can do (and what it costs).

Led by
Residents (premises granted by the council)
Status
Historic
Participation
Community led
Visitable
Historic (the plot has since been built on)
Contact
No public contact on record
Last reviewed
4 September 2026

Verification

Verified

This place is verified through the first-hand knowledge of the atlas curator: a visit to the place or a relationship with the project, dated below. It is not a source you can check yourself, which is why it is declared this openly.

  • Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
  • Partial one source on record
  • Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending

Sources

Suggest a correction