Cortijo
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For the musician, see Rafael Cortijo.
A cortijo is a type of traditional rural dwelling (akin to the German Bauernhof, also known as a farmhouse in English)[1] in the southern half of Spain, including all of Andalusia and parts of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha.[2]
Cortijos may have their origins in ancient Roman villas, for the word is derived from the Latin cohorticulum, a diminutive of cohors, meaning 'courtyard' or inner enclosure.[3] They are often isolated structures associated with a large family farming or livestock operation in the vast and empty adjoining lands.[4]