Dry Stone Hut from La Mancha (Spain) by FranciscoGarciaRios

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A rustic and ethnographic small stone building, typical of La Mancha fields, located between Mahora and Valdeganga towns (Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), representing a more sophisticated evolution from traditional “cucos”, whose role was to provide adequate temporary shelter to shepherds and field workers against the weather as well as store their tools.

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“Cabaña de piedra de La Mancha”
Una rústica y etnográfica pequeña construcción de piedra, típica de los campos manchegos, entre las localidades albaceteñas de Mahora y Valdeganga, y que representa una más sofisticada evolución de los tradicionales cucos, cuyo cometido era el de servir de refugio a los pastores y trabajadores del campo para refugiarse de los rigores del clima y guardar sus aperos.

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Old Country House from La Mancha at dusk. by FranciscoGarciaRios

Música (abrir en nueva pestaña) / Music (Open link in new tab): La Musgaña – La Niña.
The old country house called “La Bella Anita” is located near Montalvos (Albacete, Spain), in the middle of the typical vast plains of La Mancha region. These farmhouses have their origin in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries. 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.
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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“Vieja casa de labranza manchega al anochecer”
La vieja casa de labranza de “La Bella Anita” se encuentra en las cercanías de Montalvos (Albacete), en mitad de la típica inmensa llanura manchega. 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, con un patio interior, ademas de con estancias anexas para las labores agrícolas y ganaderas.
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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Once Upon a Time in Motilleja… by FranciscoGarciaRios

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A newly renovated traditional dry stone hut (known as “cuco” in the region) in the outskirts of Motilleja (Albacete, Spain). “Cucos” (cuckoos) are traditional dry stone huts, usually made of more or less circular floor and dome formed by nearness of stone rows and located amidst the vast open fields of La Mancha, whose original role was to serve as a refuge for shepherds and peasants to shelter from the harsh climate.
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“Érase una vez en Motilleja…”
Un cuco recién rehabilitado en los aledaños de Motilleja (Albacete). Los “cucos” son construcciones tradicionales en piedra, localizados en mitad de los vastos campos manchegos, normalmente de planta más o menos circular y rematados en cúpula formada por aproximación de hiladas cuyo cometido era el de servir de refugio a los pastores y trabajadores del campo para refugiarse de los rigores del clima.

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