18th-19th centuries.

According to J. A. García Esparza (2012), the Carbonell barraca (hut) dates from the mid-18^th century, while the PGOU of Alboraia (2019) dates the barraca to the 20^th century. As in the case of many of these popular buildings in l’Horta (the irrigated land of València), it is not easy to give a more specific chronology. As in the whole of the periphery of the city of València, many of these barraques (huts) were built during the 19^th or early 20^th century, even with possible important modifications on the same plot. These barraques do not usually appear in the documents of the past centuries in an identifiable form by names or place names, while at an oral level they were usually known in their surroundings by the name or nickname of the people who owned or lived there. For this reason, the name of the barraca was frequently modified due to the change of residence of these people, and it is difficult to determine the specific history of the owners, works, etc., without family witnesses or neighbours. Nowadays, it is completely abandoned.

According to M. Del Rey and A. Gallud (PAT of l’Horta, 2018), this barraca (hut) is still located in a well-preserved irrigated land and forms part of a built ensemble consisting of two other annexed porch-type units that have extended the original hut but have no constructive value. The hut itself is of the “hallway” type, with a lateral hallway on the left-hand side, and the façade has a very modern tiling at ground-floor level which is alien to the building tradition of the barraques (huts). The corrugated fibre concrete roof is also an inappropriate element. According to J. A. García Esparza (2012), it is built of adobe with brick reinforcements, the whole is whitewashed, and the roof maintains the wooden beams and reeds but with the aforementioned fibre concrete slabs. It has a rectangular floor plan with a surface area of 56.70 m² (610.3 ft²), a front width of 6.30 m (20ft 8in) and a depth of 9 m (29ft 6.3in) in length. The height is 7.20 metres (23ft 7.4in).

(BRL-BRR-PAT HORTA). 

• Pla d’Acció Territorial d’Ordenació i Dinamització de l’Horta de València (PAT de l’Horta). Generalitat Valenciana, 2018. Catàleg annex. “Barraca en la partida de Masamarda”. Element Patrimonial EPA_06.02, pp. 285-286.
• Proyecto de Revisión del PGOU de Alboraia. Plan General Estructural de Alboraia. Catálogo de Protecciones Estructural. Fichas individualizadas del Catálogo Estructural. 2019.

GARCÍA ESPARZA, J. A.(2012): Barracas del litoral mediterráneo. Catálogo de Valencia y su entorno, Castelló, Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, pp. 208-209.

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GARCÍA ESPARZA, J. A. (2008): “La barraca valenciana, procesos de transformación”, Revista valenciana d'etnologia, n. 3, pp. 145-159.

CRUZ OROZCO, J. (2003): “Las viviendas de cubierta vegetal en el territorio valenciano: el caso de la barraca”, Revista El Pajar: Cuaderno de Etnografía Canaria, n. 14, pp. 111-116.

SANCHIS GUARNER, M. (1957): Les barraques valencianes, Barcelona, Ed. Barcino (reedició: València, Institució Alfons el Magnànim, 1999).

ALMELA VIVES, F. (1960): La vivienda rural valenciana, Valencia, La Semana Gráfica.

CASAS TORRES, J. M. (1944): La vivienda y los núcleos rurales de la huerta de Valencia, València, Diputació Provincial de València.

RUIZ RUBIO, J. V. (1999): Construint una barraca valenciana, València, Ajuntament d’Alboraia-Col·legi d’Aparelladors i Arquitectes Tècnics de València-Col·legi d’Arquitectes de la Comunitat Valenciana.

GOSÁLVEZ, V.(1915): Estudio constructivo de la Barraca de la Vega Valenciana, Tema de investigación presentado al tribunal de oposiciones. Manuscrito. Biblioteca del COAV. València (Facsimil de: “La Barraca Valenciana”, COACV-Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de la Comunidad Valenciana, 1998).

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