In the tiny villages high up in the Picos de Europa of northern Spain, the barns look very different from barns I am used to.

A dog zealously guarding his master’s barn in Pembes.
The village of Brez had stone barns galore.
An old door helps keep out the drafts, well sort of.
There are some interesting construction techniques on these old stone buildings. And it turns out these old barns only look abandoned.
Moo! Map of showing the string of tiny villages we visited between Potes, where we were staying, and Fuente Dé where we went up into the Picos de Europa via the teleférico.

• More on our October 2014 trip to Spain.
• Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Abandoned Buildings or Barns