Picture of a shanty town over "La Planicie" tunnel, created because of the rural flight to Caracas.
A shanty town, squatter area,squatter settlement, or squatter camp is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood, or from cheap building materials such as corrugated tin sheets. A typical shanty town is squatted and in the beginning lacks adequate infrastructure, including proper sanitation, safe water supply, electricity and street drainage. Over time, shanty towns can develop their infrastructure and even change into middle class neighbourhoods. They can be small informal settlements or they can house millions of people.
First used in North America to designate a shack, the term shanty is likely derived from Frenchchantier (construction site and associated low-level workers' quarters), or alternatively from Scottish Gaelicsean (pronounced[ʃɛn]) meaning 'old' and taigh (pronounced[tʰɤj]) meaning 'house[hold]'. (Full article...)
Image 2A Mandarin's House in Peking, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860
Image 3Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above.
... that the owners of the Belton House are buried in the village of Belton's parish church close to the house? Their tombs are collectively one of the most complete sets of family memorials in England, and are continuous generation to generation for almost 350 years.
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