Gansino Farmstead
Ávila
At this point, we come across traditional agricultural infrastructures. These are a series of constructions intended to serve the agricultural and livestock uses that have developed in this area for decades. Fortunately, they have generally been preserved much as they were originally built, using traditional materials in their repairs, which allows for a more harmonious integration into the environment.
These small clusters of infrastructures constitute an ecosystem in themselves, as the opportunities for shelter and the absence of predators are highly valued by many animal species, which occupy gaps in attics, roofs, and walls.
The convergence of ecosystems found here provides great natural richness: we are next to open areas for cattle grazing, agricultural fields, mature holm oak groves with clearings and varied undergrowth, and the fluvial environment of the stream with its riparian forest.
