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Hórreo (Traditional Galician Granary)
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Damiano 🇮🇹
January 23, 2024
Hiking
The hórreo, a cherished symbol of the northwest Iberian Peninsula, embodies both functionality and rustic charm. Whether crafted from wood or stone, its elevated stature on pillars adorned with flat …
JakobusPilger
September 13, 2023
Hiking
The essential detail of these granaries - which are deliberately always on stilts - is the flat, plate- or lid-shaped end at the top of the supporting columns. This special feature of the construction method for the “Horreos” was of existential importance in ancient times: these elements represent an insurmountable obstacle for voracious rodents such as rats or mice, and thus protect the harvest from these uninvited guests.
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3
hikers
4.59km
01:16
80m
80m
Easy hike. Easily walkable paths.
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Elevation 80 m
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