The attic, usually located outside the village, is one of the four components of traditional rural housing.
Built to meet the same requirements as the cottage, i.e. to keep out damp and rodents, the attic is very similar in construction. Its dimensions are small: around 3.5 x 3.5 m. The cellar serves as a stone base; each of the four pillars is topped with a large round stone to keep out rodents; the horizontal timbers are finely crafted and well jointed.
Cereals, bread (on a board with hoops to prevent mould), flour and dried meat were stored there. Precious objects, festive clothes and archive documents were also stored here, safer than in the galetas (fires). In a way, it was the "safe" of the farming family. The attic had very strong doors with excellent locks. Often, it was shared between several owners (each with their own entrance door). For example, the attic we observed had the following cadastral division: cellar 1/3 - ground floor 1/3 - first floor 2 x 1/6. On the ground floor, there was only one door, indicating that originally there was only one owner family. On the first floor, there are two doors and therefore a subdivision into two parts.
This much-admired attic has undergone some regrettable alterations: too massive masonry keels, a tin roof, and the south gallery stripped of its burnished wooden parapet.
