La promoción indiana en la arquitectura escolar de Cantabria

Abstract

The role of the Indianos who crossed the Atlantic to improve their economic situation has been widely researched both inside and outside the Community of Cantabria. The initiative, the work and even the failure and discouragement of these people who tried to carve out a better future for themselves in Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and other countries in America have been studied and valued from an economic and social point of view. The emigrant, far from forgetting his homeland, when he acquires a certain economic level, sends money generously to improve the conditions of his former neighbours and thus his contribution to the construction of roads, churches, water supply, etc. has been documented. But the aspect that we would like to highlight here is that of a benefactor in the field of education, which is expressed in donations, both during his lifetime and in his will, for the creation of charitable educational foundations.