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Walking the last 50km or so of the Camino (palas de Rei to Santiago), I seldom came across these wooden storage looking structures and wondered what they are used for.
Anyone has any idea what they are called and what purpose they serve to the locals?
My best guess would be a storage of some...
Thanks for all your insightful telltales, I finally excavated knowledge about these "hobbit houses."
[SYates] was correct about the structures being called the "bodegas."
Here is what I found:
"En la misma entrada de reliegos hay unas bodegas de vino tradicionales en ladrillo y adobe. sirven...
I guess I will be contacting the University to see if they can provide me with a better answer. In the meantime, I agree with you on the historical value of the structures, because some of them seemed ancient!
Hey fellow pilgrims.
I'm currently writing about Camino on my personal blog and I came across a few photos that might help clarify the burning questions I had about these earthen houses.
They seem to be more frequent along the Burgos-Leon route and are extremely peculiar looking.
Some do...
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