The six municipalities that foundered the Spanish Network of Città Slow towns met on Thursday in Bigastro to define the organisation and the coordination of the official presentation of this network. In addition they also shaped up the system of financing that the network will adopt , the participation in events at national level and the municipality where the office will be located, which will be Lekeitio (Bizkaia).
The philosophy of “slow cities” was born in Italy. Cittàs Slow are characterised by their slow, calm, hospitable, cultural and natural style of life. Besides Lekeitio and Bigastro the towns in Spain are Pals (Gerona), Rubielos de Mora (Teruel), Mungia (Biscay) and Begur (Gerona).
Bigastro also has a policy for slow food which is characterised by a traditional way of cooking natural, locally produced ingredients.
To be honest we were not aware that Bigastro had adopted the Città Slow philosophy when we decided to move here. That was just luck because the whole concept fits perfectly with the criteria for the place we wanted to retire to.
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