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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 ...
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.
The economy of Aruba is an open system, with tourism currently providing the largest percentage of the country's income. Because of tourism's rapid growth in the last 80 years, related industries like construction have also flourished in Aruba. Other primary industries include oil refining and storage, as well as offshore banking.
Wild House : 1850 Oranjestad Schelpstraat 12 ... Ex Botica Aruba : 1925 Oranjestad Steenweg 19 01-025 Info. Commanders Graves ...
In 1805, Paardenbaai had 32 houses, which increased to 185 by 1824 and 196 by 1832. The village was described in 1837 as "of great size but so irregularly built that it resembles more a heap of scattered houses than anything that can be called a city". [10] In 1860, approximately 1,000 out of Aruba's 2,849 inhabitants resided in the capital. [20]
Lago Colony was a community located on the east end of the island of Aruba, near the area presently known as Seroe Colorado.. The town consisted of 377 homes, [2] a hospital, [3] [4] church, club house, bowling alley, and an American School, with first through twelfth grades and approximately 180 students.