Help! What are these buildings called? History?

ValerinaUS

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• Jun 21, 2014

• #1

These buildings are all on personal property, along the Camino Frances, close to Santiago. What are they called? Does anyone know their history?



Thank you!

 

bystander

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• Jun 21, 2014

• #2

They are grain stores, in England we have granaries which are on raised staddle-stones which look a little like mushrooms; the overhang of the "mushroom" preventing rats et al getting at the grain.
See this link for the English version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddle_stones
Same principle with this one in Spain
See this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hórreo

 

ValerinaUS

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• Jun 21, 2014

• #3

Thank you! Question answered.

 

Icacos

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• Jun 21, 2014

• #4

You might also like to check out the thread 'Galicia and its Horreos' on this forum. There's lots of interesting info there too.

 

LiesbethSA

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• Jun 21, 2014

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Horreos between Muxia and Finisterre (Aug 2012)

 

Brissy

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• Jun 22, 2014

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On camino in September of 2012 I was also intrigued by these structures and eventually saw one open. People were stacking ears of sweet corn into it. Locals said the horeos keep the grain safe from vermin.

 

Al the optimist

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• Jun 22, 2014

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Many years ago,(before I had ever visited Galicia), a friend whose family came from near Santiago told me that they had the largest Horeo in the world there. After having been shown a picture I asked why. She said " Because they only have them there!".