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English: Here you can visually have an idea how traditional Cunucu Houses were build in Aruba. This house is already run down and is not a protected site, however it's interesting to see the method of cactus stems, mod, cement, calichi and rocks.
The park features historic adobe plantation houses, the original cunucu (rural) houses known as Cas di torto. Cunucu Arikok, an early farmstead thoughtfully restored for preservation, recalls Aruba's agricultural history. [4] [5] Protective measures like cactus hedges and stone walls were erected to ward off goats, sheep, and donkeys. [4]
Cas di torto (also called cas di lodo "mud house" or cas di bara "house wit wooden posts") is a distinctive type of adobe house, specific to the insular region of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. [citation needed] These houses were usually found in the vicinity of plantations. The few structures that still exist are the oldest structures that are ...
Cunucu house Cas Tan Tin. Cas Tan Tin is a cunucu (rural) house in Noord. It was built by Mario and Johanna Tromp in the early 20th century. They raised nine children and grew fruits and vegetables at Cas Tan Tin. [4] Nowadays it is located in the suburban sprawl. [5]
Aruba – Caribbean island nation that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [1] Aruba comprises the Island of Aruba, an island of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, 33 kilometres (21 mi) in length in the southern Caribbean Sea, 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela.
The Marine Park Aruba are marine protected areas (MPAs) situated around the island of Aruba. This nature reserve was established on December 21, 2018 and brought under the management of Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba (FPNA, Aruba National Park Foundation) on April 16, 2019.
A map of Aruba, showing points of interest. The island of Aruba is one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea.Aruba has no administrative subdivisions, but, for census purposes, is divided into six districts, each of which has many neighbourhoods within it.
Object Year/architect Town/section Address Coordinates Number? Image; Ex Havenkantoor : 1940 Oranjestad: A.M. Schuttestraat 2 01-001 Info Waterreservoir: 1905