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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 ...
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]
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.
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]
Casibari is a settlement of Paradera, north of Hooiberg, in Aruba. [1] Evidence of prehistoric rock drawings is still visible at the site. [2] [3] "Casibari" is an Indian name of Arawak (possibly Taíno) origin and can be explained as follows: CA as a prefix: where there are, SIBA (or CIBA) is stone and RI as a suffix is: good; so Where There are Good Stones.
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.
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Wild House : 1850 Oranjestad Schelpstraat 12 ... Ex Botica Aruba : 1925 Oranjestad Steenweg 19 01-025 Info. Commanders Graves ...