Ecomuseo La Alcogida
 Ecomuseo La Alcogida |
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| place | Tefia near Puerto del Rosario , Fuerteventura |
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open air museum
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The Ecomuseo La Alcogida is an open-air museum in Tefia near Puerto del Rosario on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura , Spain . It is a small in situ preserved village and shows traditional rural life on Fuerteventura. The museum consists of seven courtyards of differently affluent residents on both sides of the main street. The houses have been built in the traditional architecture of Fuerteventura, built from the natural stones of the area, plastered with clay and covered with roof tiles. The village was inhabited until the 1970s, renovated by the community in the mid-1990s, and the buildings are named after their previous owners.
The houses are filled with the objects of daily life such as agricultural implements, typical games and handicrafts. They show how the inhabitants and their agriculture have adapted to the island's very dry climate. The museum also has a bakery, a pottery, an embroiderer's workplace and farm animals. The museum is at times lively with "residents" in their original costumes.
Dromedary in the museum
Baking bread in the museum
inner space
See also
List of European open air museums
Web links
- on fuerteventura.net (defunct)
- on world-guides.com
- on fuertefinder.com (defunct)
Coordinates: 28 ° 31 '16 " N , 13 ° 59' 43" W.