1. AsturianHorreoIES El BatnDepartment of Technology

2. Horreo A movable construction used to protectthe harvest from moisture and mice. 3. History The oldest references to horreos appear in romandocuments from the 1st century b. C. The word horreocomes from latin horreum, barn. Horreos are represented for the first time in a codexform 13th century. The oldest detailed description of an Asturian horreowas written by the Asturian writer and politician GasparMelchor de Jovellanos in 1792. The amount of horreos grew up during Renaissance. Inthe 17th century a new form is developed: the panerawith six pillars and a rectangular shape. Along the 18th century the new horreos and paneras startto have a balcony all around them: the corredor. 4. Structure The horreo is mainly made from chestnut wood butsome parts must be made from stone. Dependingon the area, roof materials can be Arabic roof tile,slate or straw. 5. Base The horreo rests on four or six pillars called pegoyos.They are upon four stones partially digged into theground called pilpayos. On the pegoyos we can seethe muelas, a flat slate stone put there to prevent themice from getting into the horreo. Finally a wooden blockcalled taza prepares the place for the main beams.These four elements work under compression. The trabes are themain support of therest of the horreo.They are four square-shapedwoodenbeams with half lapjoints at their ends.Trabes are subjectedto flexure. 6. Stairs Subidoria is the name ofthe stairs, made usuallyfrom stone. They make amassive structure apartfrom the horreo. There is a big gapbetween the end of thestairs and the floor of thehorreo to avoid rodentsjumping from the ground. Tenobia or tenovia isthe footstep fixed to thetrabe side. 7. Body Colondras are woodenboards that fit on thetrabes to make the wallsof the horreo. Lio is the name of thebeam that lay on them. The sobigao is a wooden beam that goes side to sideunder the pontas or sollas, the boards that make thefloor of the horreo. Sobigaos work on flexure. The door is usually south-oriented. The door itself andcolondras at their sides are sometimes decorated withCeltic carvings or drawings. 8. Roof Aguilones are the beams that make the edges of theroof. The tijeras is the group of logs that support thesystem of beams on the middle of lios. Tercias and carros are used to make the base ofthe roof. The bottom of the roof is finished with theagero or aguadero. 9. Corners Form the ends of the trabes to the ends of aguilonesthere are eight wooden bars called tentemozos.Tentemozos are not present if the horreo has a corredor. 10. Indoor & Top From lio to lio there are a group of thin beams calleddurmientes and vigas del quesu. They are the onlyelements that work on tension. Moo, obispo, curuto or ontera is the piece ofstone or wood that forms the top of the roof. 11. Balcony From 17th century some horreos have theircorredor, a balcony that surrounds themain body. 12. RoofMaterials Roof materials may vary among straw,slate or, most commonly, Arabic roof tiles. 13. Roof MaterialsDistribution Roof style depends on a geographicdistribution troughout Asturias, shownapproximately in the map below. Thatchedroof is limited to a very small area onsouthwestern mountains. 14. Movable Every part of an Asturian horreo isdetachable, so an horreo isn't consideredas a building, and can be sold apart formthe land where is built on. 15. Decoration It's usual to find some Celtic symbols andcarvings on the horreo walls. 16. Conclusion Asturian horreos are one important part ofAsturian country landscape, specific inshape and structure, a traditionalconstruction used as granary.