Do you remember
my blog about the hórreos inAsturias? I am fascinated with these granaries (and have been secretly planning
to ship one over to London) and during my Camino (you can read about that here)
I noticed that there are hórreos in
Galicia, too, but they look completely differently. So different, that when I
saw them the first time I didn’t even recognise them as hórreos!
They are not
square shaped as the Asturian ones but have the shape of a long rectangle.
There are short ones where only one section makes up the hórreo but I saw long ones, too, where the granary is three times
as long! Most I’ve seen were double sized.
Most of the
Galician hórreos have two crosses on
top. I didn’t understand the meaning of this, why would you put crosses on the
top of your granary?! I was told it’s because the Galician are superstitious
folks and believe that the crosses will keep away the ‘evil’ from their grain.
This one was made in the same year I was born in!
If you ever
have a chance to go to this part of Spain keep an eye out for these interesting
little buildings.
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