Actually, that´s not a house, but an hórreo, a sort of small barn. This one was barely one meter wide and three to four meters long. The legs are to keep the grain away from the humidity of the ground (it rains a lot here) and also, combined with the ledge that surrounds the hórreo just above them, to keep it safe from mice. The slits in the wooden wall let the air run through it without letting the rain in, keeping the cereal dry.
Well, I can get sort of teacher-like sometimes, can´t I? :)
Surely you can. %) Our granaries are mostly presented by grain elevators. Are such buildings old? Are they rarities, or not? I've found some pictures of the barns in our country on the Internet. They are like exhibits and aren't used today. May be in the villages, but I'm not sure.
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Wow, cool! Actually the first one seems very similar in structure to the ones found here. In my country, though, they are not rarities, they are very common, and mostly still in use, even though some are abandoned or poorly cared for. I´ve read somewhere that the oldest hórreo still standing dated from the 15th century, but they are also still being built.
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Well, I can get sort of teacher-like sometimes, can´t I? :)
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Our granaries are mostly presented by grain elevators. Are such buildings old? Are they rarities, or not?
I've found some pictures of the barns in our country on the Internet. They are like exhibits and aren't used today. May be in the villages, but I'm not sure.
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Actually the first one seems very similar in structure to the ones found here. In my country, though, they are not rarities, they are very common, and mostly still in use, even though some are abandoned or poorly cared for. I´ve read somewhere that the oldest hórreo still standing dated from the 15th century, but they are also still being built.
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