Two years in TE Thank you all, a photo from La Coruna, Galicia

Photographer's Note

Hello friends today I again experience another post for my second anniversary in TE, because the former has disappeared, this is a barn located in the pretty Galician town of Corcubión, in the following letter to He explains what is this curious and interesting building . Hope you like.

A granary is a building designed to store and keep food away from moisture and animals to keep them in optimum condition for consumption. It features stay up on stilts to keep out moisture and animals (especially mice and other rodents) from the soil and allow ventilation through slots in the perimeter walls.

In 1918 the Polish anthropologist Eugeniusz Frankowsky barns records the use of air in the Iberian Peninsula, a region of the Alps, Scandinavia, the Balkans region, Africa, Persia, Southeast Asia, Japan, Kamchatka and Bering Strait area , used for the preservation of cereal. The specificity of the barn as a typology lies in its connection with the cultivation of corn and ripening and drying in Atlantic climates. Use of barn spans much of the north of the Iberian Peninsula, with particular abundance in Galicia, where the early arrival of a long winter, cold and wet early harvests forced to do.

Hórreo comes from the Latin horreum (itself from Greek ὡρεῖον, σιτοφυλακεῖον, ἀποθήκη, barn), designating a building in which were kept off the field, especially grain. The word terror,-oris, horror, has the same root, so that these buildings were of dark and cold.

During the Empire the term was used to horreum any place intended to preserve things of any kind, either wine (horrea vinearia), goods and supplies (horreum penarium) or even money or works of art. Seneca said that his library was a horreum. The extended meaning of the word is the barn of fruits and cereals. In addition to the underground horrea there were two other types capable of keeping out moisture, constructed in one surface and another (called horrea pensilia or sublimia) constructed on small stone vertical feet above the ground.

The public horrea were part of the public supply of the cities of ancient Rome and the tax administration of the Empire. Were used for both tax collection and for the conservation of properties not considered safe at home, or horreaticus. They were under a supervision of an officer called horrearius.

However, other authors consider that the current derived from a barn OURIER present in pre-Roman place names and the hidronimia, and already have the meaning of the grain silo.

Beyond the currently available types in the Iberian Peninsula, are found throughout the world on foot barn air are, in whole or in part, morphologically similar to the barn, as stabur Norwegian, Swedish hebre the sun ' ek kukuruzniak Polish or Serbian, to mention only some of which can be seen in Europe. However, these morphological similarities with Hispanic granaries are a kinship between them, the radical differences of the environment in which they are, especially with regard to climate, crops scheme and the basal diet.

Source Wikipedia.

Make: SONY
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Exposure Time: 10/8000 sec
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Date Taken: 2011-07-05 15:44
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jlbrthnn (79773) 2012-05-14 4:05

Hola Angel,
Felicitaciones para los dos últimos años en el TE con nosotros. La construcción es extraño, pero era muy servicial. La vista es muy descriptivo. Los colores y la nitidez son excelentes. Bravo.
Buen día
Amicalement
Joël

wolf38 (28226) 2012-05-14 4:08

Hallo Angel. Hier zeigst Du ein sehr interessantes Photo. Ich habe bisher nichts vergleichbares gesehen. Der lehrreiche Text gefällt mir sehr gut. Gratulation zum Zweijährigen auf TE.
Rgds, Wolfgang.

jacquest (14192) 2012-05-14 4:12

Hello Angel,

I was almost sure your previous image would be drpped, but I had a chance to see it and it was a nice flower your were presenting us. Congratulations for your two years on TE and I wish you many more so we can enjoy your work.
This is a good presentation of this barn and the note is quite welcome to let us know the purpose of this peculiar setting. The colrs are sharp and the angle of view is well chosen.

Best regards

Jacques

Rafer (14231) 2012-05-14 4:15

Precioso Hórreo con buen contràste de colores!! Saludos Angel.

Sergiom (39336) 2012-05-14 4:27

Bonjour Angel,

Bon anniversaire. Deux ans, cela veut dire un attachement profond au site et aux belles images.Ce grenier très spécial est bien conservé et bien mis en valeur dans cette photo.

Amicalement

Serge

lakshmip1949 (19110) 2012-05-14 4:29

Hello Angel,

My congratulations on completing 2 years on TE. You have treated us many beautiful images, A very strange looking barn supported by the pillars, The red door stands out on the dull color of the building. The red flowers make nice color contrast against the green plants and grass.

Lakshmi

josepmarin (55063) 2012-05-14 4:40

Hola Ángel,
ya te felicité con un día de anticipación, y lo vuelvo a hacer ahora. ¡Felicidades en tu segundo aniversario aquí! Lo que no sabía es que te habían quitado la foto anterior. Menuda faena.
Sobre esta foto, escogiste un buen encuadre para captar totalmente la peculiar arquitectura de este hórreo gallego, así como el grafismo de sus elementos, como los pilares, el cuerpo bien ventilado y el tejado, que se destacan en el bonito jardín, creando un fuerte contraste con el edificio moderno al fondo.
Me gusta el colorido de la foto, que tiene una bonita gama cromática y una buena nitidez.
Un bello trabajo, amigo mío.
Un abrazo, y espero verte por aquí muchos años,
Josep

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rmajum (1077) 2012-05-14 5:31

Hello Angel,
Bright and colourful, good sharpness and contrast. A good note for information. The granary building stones textures are well brought. The design is curious, ussually grain storing structures are round, this one is rectangular. Well seen and congrats for the first two yrs in TE. Wish you many more such yrs.
Ranjan

sacimar (25957) 2012-05-14 5:38

Hola Angel,

una lastima que te hayan quitado la imagen de ayer... de nuevo felicidades por tus 2 años aqui! siempre me han llamado la atencion este tipo de construcciones, me gusta,

Un abrazo,

Sergio

Sonata11 (28391) 2012-05-14 6:40

Hello Angelo,
congratulation of two years in TE with this subsequent beautiful photo you posted today. Beautiful composition wonderfully executed. Absolutely great photo job. I love it.
All the best,
Barbara

krzychu30 (8935) 2012-05-14 6:54

Hello Angel,
Congratulations to your anniversary!You´ve chosen beautiful picture for this occasion.This is excellent presentation with very good note.I like also the framing here with a lot of greenery around and superb,well-saturated colors.
Have a nice day
Krzysztof

jemaflor (69035) 2012-05-14 8:45

Salut Angel,
Bon début de troisième année sur TE avec ce témoignage et cet ancien grenier, bon angle et intéressant contraste avec l'immeuble plus récent à droite.

PecoBud (3778) 2012-05-14 11:04

Congratulations Angel, and what a way to celebrate by posting this wonderful old food storage barn. I had to check it out to see if it really was safe from mice and other rodents and found the construction to be very logical.

Excellent clarity and with great detail to color and light, and you note was top notch, really helping understand this construction. Your POV is powerful and intriguing. Great Job Angel!!

TFS..........Your Friend from California..........Buddy

marcan44 (6223) 2012-05-14 14:06

Angel complimenti per i tuoi due anni in TE te ne auguriamo tanti altri di belle immagini come hai fatto sempre.
Grazie di questo granaio e delle note interessanti relative alla sua storia nei tempi passati dove in pratica era il frigorifero dove conservare i cibi preservandoli da umidità, caldo e animali.
Buona serata
Mario
Mario

Gigidusud (8106) 2012-05-14 14:17

Hola Angel,
Nice architectural composition for your anniversary in TE!
Congratulations.
Ghislaine

chrisvek (5515) 2012-05-14 14:19

Hello Angel

Very nice composition and great post for your anniversary.Very nice colors and wonderful contrast.Splenid lightning and POV.Very well done for your 2years here.Best wishes!

With respect
Chris

baddori (18988) 2012-05-14 16:22

Angel
Due anni in TE , intensi e impegnati nel presentare immagini e BG .
Una galleria significativa ed un rapporto umano qualificato.
Circa 200.000 passaggi di visura e 25.000 "consumer".
Cifre importanti ...ma grande affetto ed amicizia .
Cordialmente
GF

jusninasirun (17142) 2012-05-14 20:26

Hello Angel.
Congratulations for being in TE for two years and sharing many great photos in your gallery. This is a great building uniquely designed to store food. Lovely light and details in well balanced framing.
Thanks and have a nice day.
Jusni

bayno (16241) 2012-05-14 22:31

Ciao Angel,
best wishes for your first 2 years in TE, I think I've seen a photo of this strange barn, in your interesting note did not mention at what age belongs but I think it's very old, very good composition with the flowers in the FG, very beautiful well-saturated colors...nice one...have a lovely day...
Valter

Graal (88982) 2012-05-15 10:29

Hi Angel,
amazing old barn here. Good presentation. Well informations. Photo I like.
Have a nice evening, my friend.
Aleksander

vasilpro (40194) 2012-05-15 12:23

Hola dear Angel,
Congratulations for the second anniversary on TE and thank you that you are sharing your beautiful photos with us!
Greetings, Vasilis.

Budapestman (82620) 2012-05-15 12:24

Hi Angel,
Congratulations for your anniversary and your splendid collection!! This is a very attractive photo of this interesting architecture, superb details and colours, Tfs! Have a nice week! Kellemes hetet kívánok!
György

Nicou (97811) 2012-05-15 13:33

Hello

Gànaile cette maison de pierre, avec le volet rouge et la touffe rouge de fleur, super compo très beau cadrage.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

eldancer1 (17106) 2012-05-15 15:16

Congratualtions on your 2nd anniversary with TE! You posted wonderful pictures and I learn a lot from those posts. Thanks. Nice capture of this granary. Great lighting and good dof with sharp details. Wonderful colors. Well done, tfs.

adores (28248) 2012-05-15 17:51

Parabéns, Angel:))!
Espero que venham a ser muitos mais!
Estas construções são bem curiosas e é sempre bom vê-las preservadas!! Também temos muitas no norte de Portugal! Bom pov e nitidez!

ikeharel (37424) 2012-05-16 8:27

Hola Angel,
I am almost sure saw this unique edifice in Charo's pictures.
Protecting from floods, probably made a beautiful unique built structure.
Fine taken, nice idea,
Ike

bartekp (4200) 2012-05-16 9:09

Hi Angel,

Very interesting photo. Very good POV and colours.

Have a nice evening.

Bartek

Silvio1953 (98259) 2012-05-16 10:11

Ciao Angel, conratualtions for your two yeasrs on TE and thanks for al your beautiful photo, lovely composition with nice granary, great clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

mesutilgim (68036) 2012-05-16 10:53

Hello dear Angel,
First of all congratulations to your 2nd anniversary at TE !
This entry, with it's photographic quality and rich informations is a perfect TE job !
I wish you all the best for the future her at TE !
Keep tidy and go ahead !
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

nikkitta (5904) 2012-05-18 13:51

Hola Angel

Te felicito por tus 2 años en TE, recien noto que yo acabo tambien de cumplirlos!

Me encanta Galicia, sus paisajes y los horreos, utiles y caracteristicos de la zona, porque te pueden haber borrado una foto?
Este esta tomado con un buen POV para poderlo ver desde todos sus angulos
Buen contraste de flores y puerta ventana en colorado
Lastima el edificio moderno del fondo

Un gran saludo desde Argentina
Maria

adramad (27556) 2012-05-19 16:30

Hola Angel.
Felicitaciones por estos dos años en TE, donde nos haces disfrutar con tu buen hacer, en tan variados trabajos, mi deseo.... que se cumplan muchos años mas.
Este horreo es toda una maravilla de conservacion, ademas el bonito entorno que lo rodea con arboles y flores, consigue crear una imagen fabulosa.
Un bonito y apropiado marco realza tu buen hacer.
Disfruta del fin de semana.
Un fuerte abrazo.
Luis.

Waylim (22357) 2012-05-24 16:55

Ola Angel,

Congratulation on your two year anniversary, I'm here too long I don't count them anymore.

Beautiful photo to celebration the milestone. I love the bright and cheerful red flower in the foreground matching the color of the window nicely.

Good photo with nice light, beuatiful colors and lovely composition.

Way

AiresSantos (56155) 2012-06-01 2:16

Hola Angel
Parabéns pelos 2 anos no TE !
Uma bonita construção que faz lembrar os famosos espigueiros da peninsula iberica
Um abraço e bom fim de semana
Aires

COSTANTINO (42746) 2012-06-06 11:26

Hello
many wishes for your two years in T.E.
This shot is nice and the flowers in
the foreground add beauty and freshness
nice pov and interesting details
regards
Costantino

sacavem (18578) 2012-06-14 8:36

Olá Angel,

Parabéns pelo teu 2ºaniversário no TE. Tem sido um prazer ver o teu trabalho.

Cumprimentos,
Filipe