I'm scratch building a barn for a Dio I was wondering if anyone out their knows how Italian barns were built and what they were built out of in the early- mid 40's?

My grandfather's house was like this .The heat generated mby the animals kept families warm. My grandfather grew up in Calabria in the 20,30s.I think I have a few pics of Calabrian homesteads.I'll have to look..

Do you mean that the barn was next to the house? I know that f.e. in Portugal, in the north, farms were constructed with a ground floor were the animals were kept and a first floor were the living quarters were. In this way the heat from the animals would rise up towards the first floor and help keep the farmer and family warm during the winter.

regards,

Marc Brandes



best regards,

Marc Brandes

Hi Cody,
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They have a large selection buildings and accessories in 6mm, 10mm and 15mm scales.I know that this is too small for you, but at least you will have an idea how they looked like in '44.
They have in their range 4: buildings from Southern Europe, including Italy, the Spanish peninsular, the French Mediterranean coast, Greece, Turkey and the Mediterranean islands (Sicily, Malta and Crete).
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