Espigueiro / Hórreo
An hórreo (Spanish) is a granary built in wood (Iberia or Scandinavia) or stone (Iberia), raised from the ground by pillars ("pegollos", in Asturian, "esteos", in Galician) ending in flat stones or "mueles" or "tornarratas", to avoid the access of rodents. Ventilation is allowed by the grooves in its walls. In some areas, hórreos are known as hórreu, horru (Asturian), horriu (Leonese), hurriu (Cantabrian), hórreo, paneira, canastro, piorno (Galician), espigueiro, canastro, eira (Portuguese), stabbur (Norwegian), härbre or more precisely stolphärbre or stolpbod (Swedish)
Hórreos are mainly found in Northwest Spain (though there are also in other Northern villages). There are two main types of hórreo, rectangular-shaped, the more extended, typical from Galicia and square-shaped from Asturias, León, western Cantabria and eastern Galicia. The oldest Spanish document containing an image of an hórreo is the Cantigas de Santa Maria by Alfonso X "El Sabio" (song CLXXXVII) from XII A.C. In this depiction, three rectangular hórreos of gothic style are illustrated. The longest hórreo in Galicia is located in Carnota, A Coruña and is 35 m long.
There are several types of Asturian hórreo, according to the characteristics of the roof (thatched, tiled, slate, pitched or double pitched...), the materials used for the pillars or the decoration. The oldest still standing date from the 15th century, and even nowadays they are built ex novo. There are an estimated 18,000 hórreos and paneras in Asturias, some are poorly preserved but there is a growing awareness from owners and authorities to maintain them in good shape.
Other similar granary structures include Asturian paneras (basically, big hórreos with more than four pillars), cabaceiras (galician round basketwork hórreo), espigueiros or canastros in northern Portugal, (the most famous concentration is located in Soajo), trojes or trojs in Castile or silos, and Balkan hambars.
The origin of the horreo is the horreum from the Roman Empire, and is an old technology nearly disappear in the rest of the empire.
Härbren exist throughout Sweden, but the more hórreo-like härbren, raised from the ground by pillars, are only found in the central and northern part of the country. The church häbre (kyrkhärbret) in Älvdalen, Dalarna, built circa 1285, is one of the oldest surviving non-religious wooden buildings in Sweden.
English
Boticas is known for vinho dos mortos, the "wine of the dead." During the invasion of the French army between 1807 and 1809 the inhabitants buried their locally produced wine in the sandy soil rather than let it fall into the hands of the enemy. After Napoleon´s army, led by General Andoche Junot, was gone, they dug up the bottles. Initially fearing that the wine had spoiled, the locals found the low temperatures and darkness seemed to concentrate the flavors and improve the taste. The practice of burying them for about two years it still routine and the wine is sold under the title of Vinho Regional Transmontano with the label of Armindo Sousa Pereira.
Português
É sede de um município com 322,41 km² de área e 5 935 habitantes (2006), subdividido em 16 freguesias. O município é limitado a oeste e noroeste pelo município de Montalegre, a leste por Chaves, a sueste por Vila Pouca de Aguiar, a sul por Ribeira de Pena e a sudoeste por Cabeceiras de Basto. O concelho foi criado em 1836 por desmembramento de Montalegre.
Espigueiro / Hórreo
An hórreo (Spanish) is a granary built in wood (Iberia or Scandinavia) or stone (Iberia), raised from the ground by pillars ("pegollos", in Asturian, "esteos", in Galician) ending in flat stones or "mueles" or "tornarratas", to avoid the access of rodents. Ventilation is allowed by the grooves in its walls. In some areas, hórreos are known as hórreu, horru (Asturian), horriu (Leonese), hurriu (Cantabrian), hórreo, paneira, canastro, piorno (Galician), espigueiro, canastro, eira (Portuguese), stabbur (Norwegian), härbre or more precisely stolphärbre or stolpbod (Swedish)
Hórreos are mainly found in Northwest Spain (though there are also in other Northern villages). There are two main types of hórreo, rectangular-shaped, the more extended, typical from Galicia and square-shaped from Asturias, León, western Cantabria and eastern Galicia. The oldest Spanish document containing an image of an hórreo is the Cantigas de Santa Maria by Alfonso X "El Sabio" (song CLXXXVII) from XII A.C. In this depiction, three rectangular hórreos of gothic style are illustrated. The longest hórreo in Galicia is located in Carnota, A Coruña and is 35 m long.
There are several types of Asturian hórreo, according to the characteristics of the roof (thatched, tiled, slate, pitched or double pitched...), the materials used for the pillars or the decoration. The oldest still standing date from the 15th century, and even nowadays they are built ex novo. There are an estimated 18,000 hórreos and paneras in Asturias, some are poorly preserved but there is a growing awareness from owners and authorities to maintain them in good shape.
Other similar granary structures include Asturian paneras (basically, big hórreos with more than four pillars), cabaceiras (galician round basketwork hórreo), espigueiros or canastros in northern Portugal, (the most famous concentration is located in Soajo), trojes or trojs in Castile or silos, and Balkan hambars.
The origin of the horreo is the horreum from the Roman Empire, and is an old technology nearly disappear in the rest of the empire.
Härbren exist throughout Sweden, but the more hórreo-like härbren, raised from the ground by pillars, are only found in the central and northern part of the country. The church häbre (kyrkhärbret) in Älvdalen, Dalarna, built circa 1285, is one of the oldest surviving non-religious wooden buildings in Sweden.
English
Boticas is known for vinho dos mortos, the "wine of the dead." During the invasion of the French army between 1807 and 1809 the inhabitants buried their locally produced wine in the sandy soil rather than let it fall into the hands of the enemy. After Napoleon´s army, led by General Andoche Junot, was gone, they dug up the bottles. Initially fearing that the wine had spoiled, the locals found the low temperatures and darkness seemed to concentrate the flavors and improve the taste. The practice of burying them for about two years it still routine and the wine is sold under the title of Vinho Regional Transmontano with the label of Armindo Sousa Pereira.
Português
É sede de um município com 322,41 km² de área e 5 935 habitantes (2006), subdividido em 16 freguesias. O município é limitado a oeste e noroeste pelo município de Montalegre, a leste por Chaves, a sueste por Vila Pouca de Aguiar, a sul por Ribeira de Pena e a sudoeste por Cabeceiras de Basto. O concelho foi criado em 1836 por desmembramento de Montalegre.