A few rough-stone huts, formerly used for habitations but now as stores for agricultural produce and implements, survive in Mala

---

A medieval stone room called girna used for shelter and store of implements and vegetables in the fields the thick walls and roof were designed to keep the interior dry and cool

---

Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Malta
Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: agriculture, architecture, building, design, farmers, farming, field, fields, girna, history, hut, islands, malta, maltese, medieval, mediterranean, nature, peasants, rough, rural, stone, store, style, tradition