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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…)

Landscape and settlement patterns in Lapurdi

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Posted on 2017-06-09 in

Animal housing on the ascent to Akoka (Lapurdi). Michel Duvert.

The geographical analysis of the landscape of Lapurdi is approached at three levels perfectly defined in the high mountains (Garazi…), and which slip away southwards towards the ocean, along the axis of the Pyrenean mountain. (more…)

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