 Traditional 'hórreo' grain barn, Parque Natural de Redes. December 2004 An hórreo is a granary built in wood or stone, raised from the ground by pillars ("pegollos") ending in flat stones or "tornarratas", to avoid the access of rodents. Ventilation is allowed by the grooves in its walls. Image File history File links Source: Damian Bohle (Oviedo, Spain, 2005) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Source: Damian Bohle (Oviedo, Spain, 2005) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Granary at Thiruparaithurai, Kumbakonam (old temple town), built around 1600-1634 A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. ...
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Hórreos are mainly found in Northwest Spain (though there are also in other Northern villages). There are two main types of hórreo, rectangular-shaped, typical from Galicia and square-shaped from Asturias. In geometry, a rectangle is a defined as a quadrilateral polygon in which all four angles are right angles. ...
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Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 076 635 2,4% 101,53/km² Demonym – English – Asturian – Spanish asturian asturianu asturiano Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats 8 2...
The longest hórreo in Galicia is located in Carnota, La Coruña and is 35 m long. Nickname: Motto: Official website: ? Location Situation of Carnota within Galicia Government Parroquias ? Alcalde (Mayor) ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area Total km² Land ? km² Water ? km² Population Total (2005) ? (INE) Metro area {{{population_metro}}} Density ?/km² Density {{{population_density_mi2}}}/mi² Latitude ? Longitude ? Coordinates Elevation m Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2...
Torre de Hércules View from the Torre de Hércules A Coruña (Galician name, also known in English as Corunna; in Spanish as La Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain at 43° 22′ 0″ N 8° 22′ 60″ W. It is the capital of...
The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ...
There are several types of Asturian hórreo, according to the characteristics of the roof (thatched, tiled, slate, pitched or double pitched...), the materials used for the pillars or the decoration. The oldest still standing date from the 15th century, and even nowadays they are built ex novo. There are an estimated 18,000 hórreos and paneras in Asturias, some are poorly preserved but there is a growing awareness from owners and authorities to maintain them in good shape. A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, near Braunton, North Devon, England Thatching is the art and craft of covering a roof with vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather. ...
Mission, or barrel, roof tiles For the towns named Tile, see Tile, Somalia and Tile, Lebanon. ...
Other similar granary structures include paneras, trojes or trojs in Castile or silos, and Balkan hambars. This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...
A hambar still in heavy use in Hatzfeld/Jimbolia, Romanian Banat, albeit with the traditional wooden slats replaced with chicken wire A hambar (Danube Swabian German: hambar, Romanian: hambar or pătul, Serbian: ambar/амбар or Äardak/чардак, Bulgarian: хамбар (hambar)) is a corn crib or small building commonly used for storing and...
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