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Originally Posted by Laocoon
Nothing wrong with wood. I've always been fond of timbered houses.
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Well, yes of course. But that's not the same as a wooden house. Those two pictures are Gascon houses, right?
I relate traditional wooden constructions more with additions where to store grain or keep farm animals.
A Basque
caserío
A Cantabrian
casona
A Catalan
masia
An Aranese (Occitan)
pleta
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