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Ice house

An ice house, or icehouse, is a building used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator. Some were underground chambers, usually man-made, close to natural sources of winter ice such as freshwater lakes, but many were buildings with various types of insulation.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: buildings used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator
  • Also known as: “ice house”, “icehouse”, and “Pozo de Nieve”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Abantos and Puerto de Malagón.

Peak
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is a mountain in the range in the of Spain, a chain that runs from east to west. For the most part, the mountain is located in the municipality of in the , with part of its west side in the .

Mountain saddle
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is a mountain saddle, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Ice house.

Library
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The , also known as the Escurialense or the Laurentina, is a large Spanish Renaissance library founded by Philip II, located in and part of the heritage of the monastery of El Escorial. is situated 3½ km south of Ice house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Escorial and Peguerinos.

Town
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is a municipality in the , located 45 km northwest of the Spanish capital . It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca del Guadarrama. is situated 4½ km southeast of Ice house.

Village
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is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, , . According to the 2006 census, the municipality had a population of 318 inhabitants. is situated 7 km west of Ice house.

Village
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is a village in the in Sierra Oeste. It had 1,773 inhabitants in 2022. An ancient farmstead dating from Roman times was found here. It was occupied in the second and third centuries AD. is situated 8 km south of Ice house.

Ice house

Latitude
40.62048° or 40° 37′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.15277° or 4° 9′ 10″ west
Open location code
8CGQJRCW+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 247085574
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­ice_house
Wiki­data ID
Q253893
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Ice house” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت الجليد”
  • Aragonese: “pou de chelo”
  • Aragonese: “pozo de chelo”
  • Aragonese: “Pozo de chelo”
  • Azerbaijani: “buzxana”
  • Basque: “elurzulo”
  • Basque: “Elurzulo”
  • Belarusian: “лядоўня”
  • Belarusian: “Лядоўня”
  • Catalan: “casa de neu”
  • Catalan: “cava”
  • Catalan: “nevera”
  • Catalan: “pou de gel”
  • Catalan: “pou de glaç”
  • Catalan: “Pou de glaç”
  • Catalan: “pou de neu”
  • Catalan: “poua”
  • Chinese: “冰窖”
  • Czech: “ledárna”
  • Czech: “Ledárna”
  • Czech: “ledovna”
  • Danish: “ishus”
  • Dutch: “ijshuis”
  • Dutch: “ijskelder”
  • Dutch: “ijsruimte”
  • Dutch: “IJsruimte”
  • Esperanto: “jakĉalo”
  • Estonian: “jääkelder”
  • Estonian: “Jääkelder”
  • French: “glacière”
  • French: “Glacière”
  • Galician: “pozo de xeo”
  • Galician: “Pozo de xeo”
  • German: “Eishaus”
  • Greek: “κτίρια αποθήκευσης πάγου”
  • Greek: “Κτίρια αποθήκευσης πάγου”
  • Hebrew: “בית קרח”
  • Hungarian: “jégverem”
  • Icelandic: “Íshús”
  • Italian: “ghiacciaia”
  • Italian: “Ghiacciaia”
  • Italian: “neviera”
  • Japanese: “アイス・ハウス”
  • Japanese: “アイスハウス”
  • Japanese: “ひむろ”
  • Japanese: “ゆきむろ”
  • Japanese: “氷室”
  • Japanese: “雪室”
  • Korean: “빙실”
  • Lithuanian: “ledainė”
  • Lithuanian: “Ledainė”
  • Lombard: “giazzera”
  • Lombard: “Giazzera”
  • Macedonian: “јакчал”
  • Malayalam: “ഐസ് ഹൗസ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ishus”
  • Norwegian: “Ishus”
  • Persian: “سردخانه”
  • Persian: “یخچال”
  • Polish: “lodownia”
  • Polish: “Lodownia”
  • Portuguese: “casa de gelo”
  • Portuguese: “Casa de gelo”
  • Portuguese: “geleira”
  • Portuguese: “poço de neve”
  • Romanian: “ghețărie”
  • Romanian: “Ghețărie”
  • Romanian: “lehniță”
  • Russian: “ледник”
  • Russian: “Ледник”
  • Sicilian: “ghiaccera”
  • Sicilian: “Ghiaccera”
  • Silesian: “ajsszrank”
  • Silesian: “Ajsszrank”
  • Slovenian: “ledenica”
  • Spanish: “glacería”
  • Spanish: “nevera”
  • Spanish: “nevero artificial”
  • Spanish: “Nevero artificial”
  • Spanish: “nevero”
  • Spanish: “pozo de hielo”
  • Spanish: “pozo de la nieve”
  • Spanish: “pozo de nieve”
  • Swedish: “Iskällare”
  • Ukrainian: “Льодовня”
  • Ukrainian: “якчал”
  • Western Frisian: “Iiskelder”

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