Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta

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Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta

Spain, Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta. Ice well dating from the 14th-16th centuries. A stone construction with a truncated cone shape and a dome with a capacity of 150 cubic metres. It was used to store natural ice obtained from rivers and streams with the aim of selling it, mainly sold in spring and summer. The people in charge of transporting the ice were merchants and they also distributed it to the main villages in the surrounding area. The importance of the ice increased when some curative properties were associated with it and when people saw that it was useful for preserving food such as meat and fish. Exterior view

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Activity Antique Area Capacity Catalan Centuries Charge Circular Commerce Commercial Cone Conservation Conserve Cool Cubic Curative Dating Distributed Dome Economy Edification Frost Frozen Importance Increased Lerida Lleida Manufacturing Meat Merchants Metres Obtained Preservation Preserve Preserving Properties Refrigerator Rivers Selling Sold Spring Store Storing Streams Surrounding Temperature Transporting Truncated Villages

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