Roll 329 - The abandoned cortijo

These are actually two cortijos, although close together.

A cortijo is a type of traditional rural dwelling (akin to a Farmhouse in English) in the southern half of Spain, including all of Andalusia and parts of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha

It would usually include a large house, together with accessory buildings such as workers' quarters, sheds to house livestock, granaries, oil mills, barns and often a wall limiting the enclosure where there were no buildings surrounding it. It was also common for isolated cortijos to include a small chapel.

Many cortijos became deserted following General Franco's Plan de Estabilización and the abandonment of traditional agricultural practices by the local youth, including the lifestyle changes that swept over rural Spain during the second half of the 20th century.

Camera: Horseman VH-R
Film: Ilford FP4
Developer: Rodinal 1+50 14min @20C
Agitation: 10 inversions during the first 30 seconds, then 4 inversions every min.