Most people take pride in their homes in Órgiva (including washing their door steps each day) – although nearby Lanjarón wins the prize hands-down for how many geraniums can festoon a person’s home.
In central Órgiva properties are numbered, but down the dusty lanes that trickle out into the countryside like tentacles, a house needs a name. Many are called cortijo-something-or-other. Cortijo means farmhouse in Spanish and many properties, once bustling with sweat-drenched workers, are now quiet retreats, until the dogs start barking.
Animals would often be housed on the ground floor, while the family or workers lived above. We know people whose kitchens were once used for slaughtering pigs and another room for keeping chickens.
Pride in one’s home includes house name signs – here are some attractive plaque designs we’ve spotted on walks. The last place is inhabited by someone with a fiery temper.
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The last one is like an entrance to a theme park… 🙂
Posted by Wendy Kate | June 14, 2014, 2:55 pmHa – it does. Actually, it MAY be a theme park of sorts. We’ll investigate and report back.
Posted by con jamón spain | June 15, 2014, 12:39 pmYeah, I wouldn’t mess with the owner of the last place!
Posted by Expat Eye | June 14, 2014, 1:54 pmGood to know though if your toaster breaks down…
Posted by con jamón spain | June 14, 2014, 2:23 pmOr you fancy some marshmallows 😉
Posted by Expat Eye | June 14, 2014, 2:40 pm