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[–] marv99@feddit.de 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For information see Wikipedia.

Setenil de las Bodegas is a town (pueblo) and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Spain, famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Río Guadalporcún. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 3,016 inhabitants.

[...] The town extends along the course of the Rio Trejo with some houses being built into the rock walls of the gorge itself, created by enlarging natural caves or overhangs and adding an external wall.

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Setenil has a reputation for its meat products, particularly chorizo sausage and cerdo (pork) from pigs bred in the surrounding hills. As well as meat, it has a reputation for producing fine pasteles (pastries), and its bars and restaurants are among the best in the region. Its outlying farms also provide Ronda and other local towns with much of their fruit and vegetables.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh. I'm lemmying hungry and now I just want to raid Spanish pantries like the Visigoths after this comment lol

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Time to get even with all that Spanish Inquisitions!

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

No no, these would be Spanish Acquisitions

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is fucking with my brain - are the rocks I'm seeing on a slope above the roofs, or are the rocks actually the ceiling of the road?

[–] smeghead@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

The latter. The buildings on the right are constructed under a shelf of rock - on the left, they've built up to meet that shelf.

[–] Papercrane@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where exactly is this? I don't remember cádiz having those houses under rocks. It's a coastal city with no real caves

[–] loudmicro@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Papercrane@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for clarifying, that's very interesting:)

[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 8 points 1 year ago

Are they sure that thing won't fall down? 🤣 🤣

Also, which Daedra did Cadiz offend that it sent down the Baar Dau on them?

[–] Kittybeer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Reminds me an Indiana Jones ride where a hologram of a boulder rolls toward you.

[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The rock looks like a dog's face

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I thought I was the only one who saw that. Haha

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude on the right needs to touch up their pant job and practice trimming a bit more.

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously.. It isn't that hard to use painter's tape

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't adhere to dusty surface or dirty rock, please understand.

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Painters at my home used a product they called Tyvek tape to adhere to stone and rock surfaces. It is extremely sticky and works well over light dust. Regardless of the availability of professional painters supplies, that is a terrible paint job in the photo.

[–] WingedObsidian@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is gorgeous. I wonder how they seal the buildings around the rock to prevent moisture from making a damp house

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago
[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] ______@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of Majora's mask. I think there's an area like this