This article is about a type of building. For the reconnaissance satellite, see Vortex satellite. For the emergency service protocol, see CHALET. A chalet (pronounced IPA: /ˈʃæleɪ/), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building in the Alpine region made of wood. The Vortex System is a number of DOD and USAF satellites that have huge parabolic antennas that can listen to any radio transmission made on Earth or Space. ...
Chalet A chalet (pronounced ), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building in the Alpine region made of wood. ...
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 A 'chalet' in the hills to the east of Orosí, Costa Rica. Webster's Dictionary defines a chalet as "A wooden dwelling with a sloping roof and widely overhanging eaves, common in Switzerland and other Alpine regions". The term can nowadays be used for any cottage or lodge built in this style. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1856x1286, 548 KB) A chalet in the hills to the east of OrosÃ, Costa Rica. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1856x1286, 548 KB) A chalet in the hills to the east of OrosÃ, Costa Rica. ...
Orosà seen from the South Orosà is a village in Costa Rica, about 30 km South East of the capital San José. It has a population of about 9000 and is one of the few colonial towns to survive Costa Ricas frequent earthquakes, with one of the oldest churches...
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19th century Cottages in the small hamlet of Crafton, Buckinghamshire For other uses, see Cottage (disambiguation). ...
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The term chalet stems from Franco-Provençal speaking part of Switzerland and originally referred to the hut of a herder. It derives from the medieval Latin calittum, which might come from an Indoeuropean root cala that means shelter. In Quebec French, any summer or vacation dwelling, especially near a ski hill, is called a chalet whether or not it is built in the style of a Swiss chalet. Franco-Provençal is a Romance language consisting of dialects that can be found in Italy (Valle dAosta, Piemonte, Calabria, Apulia), in Switzerland (cantons Fribourg, Valais, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, non-German speaking parts of Bern, but not Jura, where the dialects spoken are French) and in France (Dauphinois...
A herder is a worker who lives a semi-nomadic life, caring for various domestic animals, especially in places where these animals wander unfenced pasture lands. ...
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Many chalets in the European Alps were originally used as seasonal farms for dairy cattle which would be brought up from the lowland pastures during the summer months. The herders would live in the chalet and make butter and cheese in order to preserve the milk produced. These products would then be taken, with the cattle, back to the low valleys before the onset of the alpine winter. The chalets would remain locked and unused during the winter months. Around many chalets you will see small windowless huts called mazots which were used to lock away valuable items for this period. For other uses, see Butter (disambiguation). ...
Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...
Chalets as Holiday Residences Today, chalets are family or group residences in mountain resorts. They can be booked from private owners or tour operators. Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools. ...
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The term chalet is also used in the hospitality industry to describe detached cottages (semi-detached are called duplex or triplex) in other settings, including seaside resorts and as an adjunct to motel accommodation. These chalets can be similar to studio apartments with self-contained cooking facilities and/or bathroom and toilet facilities. The hospitality industry is a 3. ...
A cottage is a small house of any period. ...
A duplex house is a two-unit apartment building or condominium, usually indistinguishable from a normal house on the exterior. ...
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Studio apartments are small, single-level living quarters intended for use by an individual. ...
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North American Usage In North American ski areas the word Chalet is also used to describe buildings that house cafeterias and other services provided by the resort, even though they often look nothing like the traditional Swiss chalet. North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
In Canada there is a chain of restaurants named Swiss Chalet. Swiss Chalet is a chain of Canadian family restaurants originally founded in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario. ...
Persian Gulf Usage Usually Arabs from the Persian Gulf region refer to houses on the beach as Chalets. Map of the Persian Gulf. ...
See also The Albertian Villa Medici in Fiesole: terraced grounds on a sloping site. ...
External links - Chalet Suisse or the permanence of one vernacular model during last two centuries
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