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Spain, Valencia, the red "stretch" in the centre is Valencia's 1,07 mtr wide & 5 floors high “Narrow House” on the small Plaza Lope de Vega in the central neighbourhood of Santa Catalina, claims the title "Europe's Narrowest House", …definitely not for claustrophobic residents.
However, more than a few cities claim to be the home of the narrowest building in the world like for instance in Amsterdam, Oude Hoogstraat 22 is said to be the narrowest, while there’s another contender in Bratislava that houses a tiny kebab shop.
So far as documented it’s beaten to the title of narrowest in the world by a few cm, it turns out there’s a 100 cm-wide house in Madre de Deus, Brazil.
Apparently, houses here in Valencia were once taxed according to the size of their façades & the family who built this house found an unusual way to lower their tax bill.
Until over a decade ago, rumour has it that the upper floors were rented to prostitutes & the people for "extramarital affairs". Over the years, the ground floor of the building has been used as a jewellery shop, a newspaper kiosk & a gift shop, until the entire building was bought by its current owners & restored in 2007.
The entrance & ground floor of the building is now part of the tapas bar next door, called "Tasquita La Estrecha", which has demolished the wall that separated them. The owners have kept the original flooring intact, as well as a collection of pictures of the interior as it once was.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
16 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments
Phot.Valencia.House.Narrow.01.101022.8114.jpg
Spain, Valencia, the red "stretch" in the centre is Valencia's 1,07 mtr wide & 5 floors high “Narrow House” on the small Plaza Lope de Vega in the central neighbourhood of Santa Catalina, claims the title "Europe's Narrowest House", …definitely not for claustrophobic residents.
However, more than a few cities claim to be the home of the narrowest building in the world like for instance in Amsterdam, Oude Hoogstraat 22 is said to be the narrowest, while there’s another contender in Bratislava that houses a tiny kebab shop.
So far as documented it’s beaten to the title of narrowest in the world by a few cm, it turns out there’s a 100 cm-wide house in Madre de Deus, Brazil.
Apparently, houses here in Valencia were once taxed according to the size of their façades & the family who built this house found an unusual way to lower their tax bill.
Until over a decade ago, rumour has it that the upper floors were rented to prostitutes & the people for "extramarital affairs". Over the years, the ground floor of the building has been used as a jewellery shop, a newspaper kiosk & a gift shop, until the entire building was bought by its current owners & restored in 2007.
The entrance & ground floor of the building is now part of the tapas bar next door, called "Tasquita La Estrecha", which has demolished the wall that separated them. The owners have kept the original flooring intact, as well as a collection of pictures of the interior as it once was.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
16 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments