We have the following types of houses in Galice:
(The five images are pictures of the craftworks made by our students)
The
Mountain House
It can be found in the Eastern mountains of Galice. It has a squared foundation, small size and few windows. The roof is made with slate or straw.
The Seaside House
It has two o three stories. It may have a porch, under which the boats and the fishing devices were kept. In its wooden balconies, at present converted into galleries, the fishing nets were laid in order to get dried.
The
House from Lugo or from the Terra Chá
It
has a rectangular foundation and has a roof made with slate. It has two
parts: the ground floor, where the kitchen and the stables are, and the
first floor, where the rooms are located. Normally, it hasn´t any
detached buildings. The stonework of doors, windows and corners outstands.
The
Southern House
It
is made with granite. It has a rectangular foundation. In the ground floor,
the stables and cellars (in the wine production regions). It specially
is designed to benefit from the weather conditions. In the facade wooden
sunterraces, stone staircases and corridors can be observed.
The
Galician cottage
It
has a circular foundation and inherits its characteristics from the ancient
prehistoric Galician houses. The roof is made with straw and the walls
are made with stone. They have very few windows and very small. They can
still be seen in the Cebreiro Mountains and in the Ancares Mountain range.
They were lived in till the late sixties.
We
also made an "architectural trip":
House
Baixo - Castro Riberas do Lea (Lugo)
House
from Viveiro (Lugo)
House
"Cabazo" - O Incio (Lugo)
House
"Cazoleiro" - Meira (Lugo)
House
"Rouco" - Vilalba (Lugo)
House
near Lugo