Palloza at O'Cebreiro
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sassainfl
N 42° 42.932 W 007° 02.082
29T E 660927 N 4731097
Palloza at the Celtic Village O'Cebreiro near the border between Galicia and Castilla y Leon provinces on the Camino de Santiago.
Waymark Code: WM9Q7Z
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 09/18/2010
Views: 9
In a palloza, animals and people spent the nights together in separate areas, in order to keep warm and keep the animals safe from the elements. The building was out of stone and the roofs were from cane sticks piled up and supported by wooden supports. A few of them remain in the area to preserve the cultural heritage of this Celtic region of Spain.
Instructions for Visiting a Waymark:
If you are walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain you will run into this building.
If you wish to visit by car, from the national highway that goes from Madrid to A Coruna, you turn at Piedrafita de O'Cebreiro in the Galicia region and follow the signs to O'Cebreiro the road will take you 5 Kms up the hill to the site of this old settlement where this building is at.
Roof Type: Roof has Straw covering
Wall Type: Walls are constructed from Stone
Construction Date: 19th Century
Building Rating: 
Location:
Alto de O'Cebreiro
O'Cebreiro, Galicia Spain
Parking: Not Listed
Related web site if known: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
To claim a find, you must submit a photo of the cottage, taken from a different angle to the one shown on the page. The photo should show at least one of the walls of the cottage in full, and preferably it should show some of the surrounding landscape or buildings. If possible, you should also be in the photograph.