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Houses in the world

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:50 pm
by Montse Guiu
I'm sorry. I've lost my homework about houses in Tibet. Idon't have time to repeat it again.

2/ In Jamaica there are lot of houses in the countryside. Some of them are very big and luxous colonial houses. Others are more simple. Neither ones nor the others are very high, normally one or two storey. Some of them are for tourists, near the beach. They cost between 259 and 2200 Euros a week.

3/Som peple in Australia build houses out of mud, with "mudbriks". Its necessary to dig the mud and mix with some straw. It's necessary to sunbathe the mudbricks for four weeks.

4/Redcliffe is a picturesque seaside city and home to approximately 50,000 people. Nestled on the edge of beautiful Moreton Bay, the Redcliffe peninsula is just 35 minutes north of Queensland’s capital city, Brisbane.
Redcliffe was the site of Queensland's first European settlement in 1824. From these historic beginnings, Redcliffe has grown into a thriving coastal centre.
Safe, sandy beaches and scenic parks span Redcliffe's 22km of glorious coastline, which is also dotted with the rocky red headlands that give the city its name. Redcliffe's stunning views of Moreton Bay, Hays Inlet and the Glasshouse Mountains are also something to be savoured.

5/Cave dwelling in Andalusia has had an enormous historic relevance and still holds a large significance today. Current troglodytic practice started with the Modern Age and developed primarily during the 19th Century until the first half of 20th. After that time its decline started, since caves were considered lesser lodging in many occasions. However, the link between caves and lesser lodging is not always correct, especially in those Andalusian zones where dwelling in caves was part of the culture. Often what has happened is simply a delay in the renovation of the caves. That is the case primarily in the province of Granada, where the process of rehabilitation and modernization is been particularly intense for the last decade. In that respect, to the traditional use for permanent residence we have to add the use of caves for seasonal dwelling as well as for tourism.