page_title: La Ingobernable
section_title: Paseo del Prado
hierarchical_section_title: La Ingobernable / Paseo del Prado
caption_attribution_description: Español: CS La Ingobernable. Inmueble ocupado en la calle Gobernador, 39 c/v Paseo del Prado, 30
context_page_description: La Ingobernable is the name of a series of self-managed social centres in central Madrid, Spain. The squats were used by feminist, environmentalists, LGBTI, anti-racist and other cultural groups. Between 2017 and 2019, the La Ingobernable was based in a municipal building located at the corner of Paseo del Prado and Calle del Gobernador. It was then located at Calle Alberto Bosch 4, behind the Prado Museum from March until April 2020, when it was evicted during the state of alarm.
context_section_description: The 3,000m² building in the centre of Madrid had previously been the headquarters of UNED and a health centre before being left empty. Four years later, in 2017, when the new plans were stalled and the building was derelict, representatives of social movements and civil society organisations from Madrid squatted the building with the intention of claiming public spaces in the city for the neighbourhood. It was occupied on 6 May, 2017, fulfilling the desire of activists to have a self-managed social centre in the heart of the city.
  A month after being occupied, La Ingobernable claimed to have organized 135 activities, 81 of them cultural. After two years, it was estimated that more than 100,000 people have attended over 170 monthly activities that the social centre organizes and communicates through its website and social networks. Hundreds of people go there every week to participate in a talk, workshop, assembly, exhibition or concert. Inside there is a self-managed bar service, a free clothing store, film library, art workshop and children's space, amongst other things. La Ingobernable served as a logistics centre during the two feminist strikes of 8 March in 2018 and 2019. As well as feminist collectives, the space was used by environmentalists, LGBTI, anti-racist and cultural groups.
  The first eviction order for La Ingobernable was issued in April 2018 but was not executed. There was a second attempt to evict in June 2018, which also unsuccessful. The centre had called for a day of resistance and met the municipal agents with churros. A spokesperson stated that the centre had offered to undergo a legalisation process but the council was not interested. On 11 May 2019, between 700 and 800 people made a demonstration in support of La Ingobernable on the occasion of its second birthday. The centre was evicted on 13 November, 2019, by a police operation which began at 03.00 and involved 130 agents.
caption: Assembly of La Ingobernable
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