Stone house
Casa do Penedo is an architectural monument located between Celorico de Basto and Fafe, in northern Portugal. It received its name because it was built from four large boulders that serve as the foundation, walls and ceiling of the house.Photo: Feliciano Guimarães, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: House
- Description: stone house and architectural monument located between Celorico de Basto and Fafe
- Also known as: “Boulder House”, “Casa do Penedo”, “Stone House”, “The Stone house”, and “The Stone House”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gandarela de Basto and Freguesia de Outeiro.
Gandarela de Basto
Town
Gandarela de Basto is a town in Portugal. It is part of the Celorico de Basto Municipality. Gandarela de Basto is situated 4½ km southeast of Stone house.
Freguesia de Outeiro
Village
Photo: FF Mira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freguesia de Outeiro is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Stone house.
Alvite
Village
Alvite is a former civil parish in the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alvite e Passos. Alvite is situated 5 km east of Stone house.
Stone house
- Categories: stone building, residential building, and building
- Location: União de freguesias de Moreira do Rei e Várzea Cova, Fafe Municipality, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Stone house” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Casa do Penedo”
- Chinese: “石头屋”
- French: “Casa do Penedo”
- Portuguese: “Casa do penedo”
- Portuguese: “Casa do Penedo”
- Russian: “Дом-камень”
- Spanish: “Casa do Penedo”
- Ukrainian: “Casa do Penedo”
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