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A night picture of the ruins of the old country house called “La Retamosa”, located near Montalvos (Albacete, Spain). These farmhouses have their origin in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the middle of the typical vast plains of La Mancha region. They were constructions of rectangular plant generally with two levels, and were built out of adobe bricks and mud, reinforced at the corners with buttresses of lime and sand, with a gabled roof and, usually,with an interior courtyard too, in addition to joined storehouses and corrals for agricultural and ranching purposes.These country houses fell into decay because of the great exodus of people from the countryside to the cities which took place in the second half of 20Th Century.
Despite its dilapidated state, today, along with a clear example of rural architecture of La Mancha, they also represent an ethnographic material witness to the traditional way of life in the area, mainly based on farming and livestock.
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“Ruinas de una vieja casa de labranza manchega”.
Una toma nocturna de las ruinas de la vieja casa de labranza “La Retamosa”, que se encuentra en las cercanías de Montalvos (Albacete), en mitad del vasto llano manchego. Estas casas de labranza tienen su origen en los últimos decenios del Siglo XIX y en los primeros del XX; eran construcciones de planta rectangular que solían constar de dos alturas, y estaban edificadas a base de tapial y adobe, reforzados en las esquinas con machones de cal y arena, con tejado a dos aguas y, en la mayoría de los casos, con un patio interior, ademas de con estancias anexas para las labores agrícolas y ganaderas.
Estas casas de labranza comenzaron a abandonarse a raiz del gran éxodo rural que se dio en la segunda mitald del siglo XX.
Hoy día, y a pesar de su ruinoso estado, además de un ejemplo de arquitectura rural manchega, suponen también un etnográfico testimonio material de la tradicional forma de vida en la zona, basada en las labores agrícolas y ganaderas.
A night picture of the ruins of the old country house called “La Retamosa”, located near Montalvos (Albacete, Spain). These farmhouses have their origin in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the middle of the typical vast plains of La Mancha region. They were constructions of rectangular plant generally with two levels, and were built out of adobe bricks and mud, reinforced at the corners with buttresses of lime and sand, with a gabled roof and, usually,with an interior courtyard too, in addition to joined storehouses and corrals for agricultural and ranching purposes.These country houses fell into decay because of the great exodus of people from the countryside to the cities which took place in the second half of 20Th Century.
Despite its dilapidated state, today, along with a clear example of rural architecture of La Mancha, they also represent an ethnographic material witness to the traditional way of life in the area, mainly based on farming and livestock.
-Español:
“Ruinas de una vieja casa de labranza manchega”.
Una toma nocturna de las ruinas de la vieja casa de labranza “La Retamosa”, que se encuentra en las cercanías de Montalvos (Albacete), en mitad del vasto llano manchego. Estas casas de labranza tienen su origen en los últimos decenios del Siglo XIX y en los primeros del XX; eran construcciones de planta rectangular que solían constar de dos alturas, y estaban edificadas a base de tapial y adobe, reforzados en las esquinas con machones de cal y arena, con tejado a dos aguas y, en la mayoría de los casos, con un patio interior, ademas de con estancias anexas para las labores agrícolas y ganaderas.
Estas casas de labranza comenzaron a abandonarse a raiz del gran éxodo rural que se dio en la segunda mitald del siglo XX.
Hoy día, y a pesar de su ruinoso estado, además de un ejemplo de arquitectura rural manchega, suponen también un etnográfico testimonio material de la tradicional forma de vida en la zona, basada en las labores agrícolas y ganaderas.
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