When talking about a small town, you may feel that there is nothing novel about it, it is just a small town. However, there is a small town in Spain that has been pressed down for hundreds of years by a boulder like the Five Fingers Mountain - the town of Setril. (Setenil de bodegas), a small town located in the Andalusia region in southern Spain, is famous for its houses built under huge rocks.
As we all know, Spain has always been famous for its picturesque small towns. Each town has its own unique history, culture and distinctive scenery. Among these picturesque towns, Setriel is one of them. The local houses are all built under boulders, and the residents seem to live in a dark corner without sunlight every day.
The town of Setrier was formed in the 15th century. Due to its proximity to the African plate, geological processes have formed mountains and volcanoes that are very suitable for cave dwellings, so cave dwellings are very common in Andalusia. The cave-dwelling tradition here is believed to be in line with the Arab underground living and cave-dwelling traditions.
Local people built houses directly in the stone walls of the canyon itself. These houses were built under the rocks by expanding the cave upwards or adding outer walls under the rocks. They also had fire protection and earthquake resistance. Later, houses were built here. The number of people gradually increased, and then a small town developed. The town has a history of more than 600 years.
The structure of houses in Setriel is extremely strange. Due to their close proximity to the rock wall, many rooms have only one window, and some have a kitchen or bathroom directly separated from the rock. Some houses are built directly in caves. of.
The small town of Setnil is very small and can be walked in only half a day, but because the houses in the entire village have been pressed down by a huge rock for a long time, each house has no roof because it is pressed down by the rock. , became a great spectacle. For tourists who come here for the first time, it is a strong visual impact, because they are always worried that the rocks above will fall, so tourists here generally do not dare to stay here.
Although the town is small and has only about 3,000 permanent residents, it has the best restaurants and bars in Europe, as well as world-famous sausages and baked goods. In addition, the town attracts an endless stream of tourists every year with its unique architectural structure and perfect integration of life and nature.
To this day, no one knows where this giant rock came from. People living in small towns have nothing to do with wind, sun, lightning or thunder, because living in Yabi has little impact. On a sunny day, even if there is an endless blue sky and white clouds above their heads, they will not be able to enjoy the sunshine due to the huge rocks.
In fact, talking about cave dwellings is similar to my country's kiln dwelling culture, that is, the Loess Plateau Culture. They have huge rocks on their heads, while we have mountains on our heads, or more accurately, loess on our heads. However, our cave dwelling culture is divided into above ground and underground, but they do not; our cave dwellings are warm in winter and cool in summer, but theirs is not.
It is not so much that the cave dwelling culture here is in the same vein as the underground living in Arabia, but what is this lineage? Is it an extension of Chinese culture, or are they originally descendants of the dragon and descendants of the Chinese nation. What do you think?
