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I now go through the village. It is situated at the highest point of a narrow ridge and it consists only of two rows of houses built closely together. They completely adjust themselves to the rocky and uneven ground. For some houses a natural rock is used as a foundation and they are perched so high that the inhabitants have to climb up a tree trunk with carved steps. The uneven terrain naturally causes a great deal of variation in the type of building. (199) But even beyond that the houses show a surprising degree of variation. |
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There are no less than three kinds of roof shapes: The roof form of Wakching with a frontal curve extending deeply across the door, a tall gable roof with a frontal gable open and a gable roof with closed gable as in the houses of wealthy Ao |
