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Traditional farmhouse in Kortezubi (Bizkaia). Segundo Oar-Arteta

Traditional farmhouse in Kortezubi (Bizkaia). Segundo Oar-Arteta. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.

Occupants of the majority of farmsteads (baserriak) in the region of Busturialdea (Bizkaia) were renters (errenteruak) in former times. Landowners planning to build a house were popularly said to require at least 300 oaks (haretxak) for the council to grant them a building permit. Stone (harria) and clay (buztina) were equally indispensable. (more…)

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