Casas cueva - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Casas cueva - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Plan of a cave-house in Balazote (Albacete) in the middle of the 18th century https://historylab.es/plan-of-a-cave-house-in-balazote-albacete-in-the-middle-of-the-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan-of-a-cave-house-in-balazote-albacete-in-the-middle-of-the-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:09 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/plano-de-una-casa-cueva-de-balazote-albacete-a-mediados-del-siglo-xviii/ Popular architecture. Plan of the cave-house with several rooms, by José Antonio López, in the village of Balazote (Albacete).

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]]> Within the varied architecture of the dwelling, in the rural world we find cave-houses: dwellings excavated in the rock which could be simple, with a kitchen and a room, or more complex, with a greater number of rooms and even fireplaces. Among the latter we find the cave-house of José Antonio López, a resident of Balazote (Albacete). This house had several rooms that were enlarged according to the needs of the household. The façade, where small windows were located, was reinforced with buttresses, while the rest of the house could be varnished with insulating and waterproof materials. The kitchen had a large chimney to ventilate the entire architectural framework.

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