Castro Marim, Casa Algarvia

THIS IS A TYPICAL HOUSE FROM ALGARVE. BEFORE MASS TOURISM AND CONCRETE INVASION WE LIVED IN HOUSES LIKE THIS ONE, THE BAND ON THE TOP IS CALLED "PLATIBANDA" AND THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT. ON TOP WE HAS NO ROOFS BUT A TERRACE, CALLED "AÇOTEIA" TO PUT FIGS AND DAMASCUS TO DRY, ALSO ALMONDS AND THE LAUNDRY.
NOWADAYS AND YEAR AFTER YEAR THOSE HOUSES ARE REPLACED BY STUPID BUILDINGS, BUT MONEY IS MONEY, UNFORTUNATELY.
A WAY OF LIFE I MISS...



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