Blue sky view through trees of the white wooden shingles bell-tower and green spire of the Lutheran Church, Frutillar, Chile
Wooden shingles, on the walls of buildings, are testimony to the arrival of German settlers in the Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas, Llanquihue, Frutillar region in the mid-19th century. They were rarely used in Colonial Times. Thin, wide, long and lapped to stop rain, they are traditionally cut from the alerce or Southern Redwood Tree (Fitzroya Cupressoides). Locally known as 'tejuelas', the original dimensions were 90 cm long, 15 cm wide and 1 cm thick, one-third of the overall length being exposed. Many modern shingles are smaller. Here we see Frutillar's white wooden Lutheran Church.
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