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Middle-mountain settlements in Zuberoa

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Posted on 2017-10-20 in

Circle-shaped pasture and housing. Michel Duvert.

Bordaldea (pronounced bordaltia in Zuberoa) refers to a prevailing type of settlement established for livestock farming on so-called syndic land, according to the 1838 Ordinance, replaced by the Mountain Law in 1985. An integral part of the Pyrenean farmstead on middle-mountain steep grassland, loft and stables double the size of the house itself. It is occupied by the bordazain. (more…)

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