Cousin · Castile, Spain

gloria

The Castilian underfloor heating system descended from the Roman hypocaust.

In rural Castile, the gloria kept stone houses warm on the high plateau: straw or brushwood burned slowly in a firebox outside the room, sending hot air through underfloor stone ducts to a chimney.

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hypocaust, ondol

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