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[[File:Palloza en O Cebreiro (Lugo).JPG|thumb|250px|Palloza in [[O Cebreiro]], into the municipality of [[Pedrafita do Cebreiro]]. The ethnographic park of this town, the first step in Galician land of the [[French Way]], has several restored examples of traditional palloza, buildings characteristic of the pre-Roman culture which still exists in many other parts of the natural region of [[Os Ancares]]<ref>[http://www.turgalicia.es/sit/ficha_datos.asp?ctre=1264&crec=31617&cidi=E# Ethnographic park of O Cebreiro in turgalicia.org]</ref>]] |
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[[Image:Palloza galega.jpg|thumb|Palloza]] |
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A '''palloza''' also known as ''pallouza'' or ''pallaza'') is a traditional construction of the [[Serra dos Ancares]]. |
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A '''palloza''' is a traditional [[thatched]] house as found in the [[Serra dos Ancares]] in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Province of León|León]]. They are circular or oval, and about ten or twenty metres in diameter. These houses are built to withstand severe winter weather at a typical altitude of 1,200 metres. |
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==Structure== |
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The main structure is stone, and is divided internally into separate areas for the family and their animals, with separate entrances. The roof is conical, made from [[rye]] straw on a wooden frame. There is no chimney, the smoke from the kitchen fire seeps out through the thatch. |
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A circular or oval, of ten to twenty meters in diameter. With stone walls and covered by a conical roof, composed of stalks of [[rye]]. |
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Intended in part to housing and in part to block for the cattle. Its structure was ideal to withstand the harsh winters. |
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As well as living space for humans and animals, the palloza has its own bread oven, workshops for wood, metal and leather work, and a [[loom]]. In this way, the family could be completely [[self-sufficient]] and outside of Market relations. |
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==Origin== |
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Only the eldest couple of an extended family had their own bedroom, which they shared with the youngest children. The rest of the family slept in the hay loft, in the roof space. |
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Is of pre-Roman origin, presumably Celtic. The pallozas have similarities with the round houses of the [[Iron Age]] in [[Great Britain]] or the buildings of the [[Castro culture]]. As an anecdotal note worth mentioning that the village of [[Asterix]], the Gaul, is composed, in part, by pallozas. |
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Castro de Chano (municipality Peranzanes (León). Detail of one of the buildings. Within the home can be. |
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[[File:Castro de Chano.jpg|thumb|200px|Castro de Chano (municipality of [[Peranzanes]] ([[Province of León]]). Detail of one of the buildings. Inside can see the [[home]].]] |
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These buildings have been described as "pre-Roman", and are similar to [[Iron Age]] [[roundhouse (dwelling)|roundhouse]] dwellings in [[Iron Age Britain|Britain]] and [[Ireland]]. They were used in remote parts of the Ancares mountains until the second half of the 20th century, when roads were built that enabled modern construction materials to be brought into the region. Thatched roundhouses and dwellings could also be found in other parts of Galicia up to the 18th century, according the Ensenada Census (catastro de Ensenada) from 1749. |
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The Palloza name is actually a corruption of the Galician word "pallaza", first included in the late 19th century by ethnographers such as German [[Fritz Krüger]], referring to the material that was made the roof of the building. The traditional name of these buildings is in fact ''casa de teito'' o ''casa de teitu''. |
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==Today== |
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There are many examples of pallozas preserved in the Ancares but perhaps the most famous, which is now a museum, is in the small village of [[Piornedo]]. It was used as a family home until 1970 and contains many artefacts that illustrate the traditional way of life. |
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[[File:Palloza Balboa.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Municipal palloza in [[Balboa, León|Balboa]] ([[Province of León|León]]). It is used as bar and restaurant.]] |
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Were used until the second half of the 20th century, when the modern communications have facilitated the arrival of new materials of building to the area. Today these are in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], comarca of Os Ancares, remain in several areas of the municipality of Candín and western [[Asturias]]. Highlight the set of pallozas in the [[El Bierzo|Bierzan]] town of [[Campo del Agua]], largely destroyed, by a big fire in the mid-80's of 20th century. The most famous of them, it may be that of [[Piornedo]], which since the 70's is an ethnographic museum. Has long been building new pallozas used mainly for tourism, even in remote areas, where traditionally not existed. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Roundhouse (dwelling)]] |
*[[Roundhouse (dwelling)]] |
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*[[Rondavel]] |
*[[Rondavel]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 03:50, 25 April 2011
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A palloza also known as pallouza or pallaza) is a traditional construction of the Serra dos Ancares.
Structure
A circular or oval, of ten to twenty meters in diameter. With stone walls and covered by a conical roof, composed of stalks of rye.
Intended in part to housing and in part to block for the cattle. Its structure was ideal to withstand the harsh winters.
Origin
Is of pre-Roman origin, presumably Celtic. The pallozas have similarities with the round houses of the Iron Age in Great Britain or the buildings of the Castro culture. As an anecdotal note worth mentioning that the village of Asterix, the Gaul, is composed, in part, by pallozas. Castro de Chano (municipality Peranzanes (León). Detail of one of the buildings. Within the home can be.
The Palloza name is actually a corruption of the Galician word "pallaza", first included in the late 19th century by ethnographers such as German Fritz Krüger, referring to the material that was made the roof of the building. The traditional name of these buildings is in fact casa de teito o casa de teitu.
Today
Were used until the second half of the 20th century, when the modern communications have facilitated the arrival of new materials of building to the area. Today these are in Galicia, comarca of Os Ancares, remain in several areas of the municipality of Candín and western Asturias. Highlight the set of pallozas in the Bierzan town of Campo del Agua, largely destroyed, by a big fire in the mid-80's of 20th century. The most famous of them, it may be that of Piornedo, which since the 70's is an ethnographic museum. Has long been building new pallozas used mainly for tourism, even in remote areas, where traditionally not existed.
See also
References
External links
- Pictures and information about the "Casa do Sesto", palloza museum at Piornedo
- Los Ancares, a very special place
- Structure of a palloza (in Galician)
- Full list of pallozas and thatched dwellings in all Galicia (in Galician)
