It can be reached from Carrer del Riu, in Pinedo, entering from Travessia de Pinedo a la Mar street. It is the second street on the right towards the sea.
Second half of the 19th century.
According to F. J. García Esparza (2012), this barraca (hut) would be 150 years old, therefore from the mid-19th century. But, in reality, 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 concrete chronology. As in the whole of the periphery of the city of València, many of these huts were built during the 19th or early 20th century, even with possible important modifications on the same plot. These barraques (huts) do not usually appear in the documents of 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. As for its name, it is the name of its street.
This barraca (hut), formerly located in a completely irrigated area and very close to the beach of Arbre de Gos, is now in a totally urbanised environment. However, it is true that it is still not clearly aligned with the surrounding houses and that there is still some cultivated land in front of it. Today, the barraca forms part of a residential complex with a house behind it. According to J. A. García Esparza (2012), its walls are made of adobe and bricks, the gables are also made of tile, and it is plastered on the outside and painted white. The doors and windows are partly in their traditional position, although some have been opened and the grilles are modern. The upper structure is made of wood and plaited cane, as was the tradition in the past, although the roof is now made of flat, curved tiles. It is rectangular in plan, with a floor area of 46.85 m2 (504.2 ft2), a façade 5.48 m (17ft 11.7in) wide and a depth of 8.55 m (28ft 0.6in) in length. It is 4.90 m (16ft 0.9in) high. It is equipped with electricity and water, in good condition for habitation, although several cables and the electricity meter box are attached to the façade.
- Bé Immoble de Rellevància Local (BRL-BRR), per defecte: “les barraques tradicionals de la comarca de l’Horta de València”. Disposició addicional quinta de la Llei 5/2007, de 9 de febrer, de modificació de la Llei 4/1998, de 11 de juny, del Patrimoni Cultural Valencià.
- Bé Immoble de Rellevància Local (BRL-BRR), per defecte: “les barraques tradicionals pròpies de les hortes valencianes”. Article 4 de la Llei 9/2017, de 7 d’abril, de modificació de la Llei 4/1998, del Patrimoni Cultural Valencià.
Ha quedat en zona urbana i fins ara no està inclosa en els catàlegs de patrimoni.
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Photos: E. Guinot
