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Hórreos in the Valley of Aezkoa


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Locality: ARIBE

Zone: The Pyrenees

Website: Ayuntamiento de Aezkoa

Interesting links

Ayuntamiento de Orbaizeta

Montaña de Navarra

Tel.: 948764375

E-mail: jvaezkoa@infolocal.org

Protected work or place: Bien de Interés Cultural

The Valley of Aezkoa, one of the most beautiful in the Pyrenees, still preserves 15 of the 22 hórreos (raised granaries) in Navarre, which have been declared a Site of Cultural Interest. These buildings, which are concentrated mainly around Aria, Orbaizeta and Hiriberri-Villanueva de Aezkoa, were devised centuries ago to store grain and protect it from damp and rodents.

The Valley of Aezkoa , extremely popular with lovers of rural tourism, is made up of small, peaceful villages which nestle between mountains covered with meadows and beech and oak woods. This region of the Eastern Navarran Pyrenees is home to 15 of the 22 hórreos listed as Sites of Cultural Interest. The scarcity of cereal crops and the damp climate typical of this region m ... [+ info]

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OBSERVATIONS: **Localización de los hórreos: 3 en Orbaizeta, 1 en Orbara, 4 en Hiriberri/Villanueva de Aezkoa, 1 en Garaioa, 1 en Aribe, 1 en Garralda y 4 en Aria. Todos ellos son propiedad de particulares.

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23-05-2013

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