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Spanish term or phrase:casco
English translation:structures
Entered by: Henry Hinds
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22:31 Oct 15, 2009
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Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: casco
Sobreviven muchos de los cascos antiguos de las haciendas y aunque en la mayoría se trata de construcciones privadas, la gentileza de sus propietarios hace posible la visita a varias de ellas ....

En medio de un paisaje sorprendente de llanos, lagunas y lejanas montañas, se levanta el casco de esta hacienda que data del siglo XIX, convertida actualmente en parador museo.
Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 12:13
structures
Explanation:
Ya
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Henry Hinds
Local time: 13:13
Grading comment
Nice neutral answer. Thanks, Henry!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4main house and surrounding buildings
María T. Vargas
5 +3structures
Henry Hinds
5 +1historical quarter
Rosa Paredes
4 +1hacienda manorspatinba
4Homestead
Gustavo Martínez
4a quarter/part of a town
Tarik Boussetta
4quarters (see below)margaret caulfield
Summary of reference entries provided
Ref
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Discussion entries: 2





  

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main house and surrounding buildings


Explanation:
It could also be just "main house" if we are talking only of the dwelling, the residence, the place where the owners lived.

María T. Vargas
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agree  MariaMast
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agree  Christine Walsh
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agree  Larisa Crossno
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agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
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structures


Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
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Nice neutral answer. Thanks, Henry!

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agree  James A. Walsh
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agree  Caroline Clarke
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agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
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hacienda manors


Explanation:
These were the homes of wealthy ranchers, and could be quite stately.

The Mexican aristocracy: an expressive ethnography, 1910-2000 - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de Google
de Hugo G. Nutini - 2004 - History - 386 páginas
The following appointments are among those most commonly found in country places: local artisan furniture or furniture that belonged to hacienda manors but ...
books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=0292701616... -
The wages of conquest: the Mexican aristocracy in the context of ... - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de Google
de Hugo G. Nutini - 1995 - Social Science - 444 páginas
In central Mexico, hacienda manors were ...
books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=0472104845... -
S t e p h a n i e - D y c h i u: MABUHAY - Negros Ancestral Homes ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
The second part of our feature on Negros Occidental's ancestral houses traces the evolution of grand hacienda manors to elegant present-day homes. ...
www.stephaniedychiu.com/...

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agree  Christine Walsh
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a quarter/part of a town


Explanation:
a quarter/part of a town

...old quarters...

Tarik Boussetta
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historical quarter


Explanation:
Casco antiguo o casco viejo, núcleo histórico y monumental de las ciudades.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casco_(desambiguacion)

Haciendas and Historic Hotels of Mexico. ... The old quarter or ¨casco¨of the hacienda is one of the most beautiful in the center of the country and one ...
www.historichotelsmexico.com/...hacienda.../overview.html -

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quarters (see below)


Explanation:
many houses of the old quarters/part of town have survived...

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Homestead


Explanation:
The homestead is the main building on a very large farm, cattle station, ranch, etc.

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Reference comments


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Reference: Ref

Reference information:
Collins:

LAm (=edificio vacío) empty building
LAm ranch house, ranch and outbuildings (Cono sur)
(+de hacienda) part, section

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