baserriak

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Baserri bat Lezaman, Amurrio, Basque Country Royalty Free Stock Photo

Baserri bat Lezaman, Amurrio, Basque Country

ÃÂ¨BaserriÃÂ¨ at Lezama, Amurrio, Araba, Basque Country. A ÃÂ¨baserriÃÂ¨ is a traditional half-timbered or stone-built type of housebarn farmhouse found in the Basque Country in Northern Spain and Southwestern France. The ÃÂ¨baserriakÃÂ¨, with their gently sloping roofs and entrance portals, are highly characteristic of the region and form a vital part in traditional Basque societal structures. They are also seen to have played an important role in protecting the Basque language in periods of persecution by providing the language with a very dispersed but substantial speaker base.