{"id":18816,"date":"2026-01-22T03:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/?p=18816"},"modified":"2026-01-22T04:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:28:03","slug":"covadonga-cangas-de-onis-llanes-y-ribadesella-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-14-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/?p=18816","title":{"rendered":"Malta-4-d: Muros de piedra seca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>En todo nuestro viaje por la isla de Malta vimos muchas lindes formadas por muros de piedra seca. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145106.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145106.jpg 640w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145106-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145106-500x226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lindes hechos con muros de piedra seca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Se llaman de piedra seca porque solo hay piedras, no hay ni argamasa, ni ning\u00fan \u00abpegamento\u00bb entre las piedras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este tipo de construcci\u00f3n es muy t\u00edpico del Mediterr\u00e1neo. Los hay en Mallorca, Menorca, Creta, Apulia y, naturalmente, aqu\u00ed, en Malta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145054_muro_de_piedra_seca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145054_muro_de_piedra_seca.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145054_muro_de_piedra_seca.jpg 640w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145054_muro_de_piedra_seca-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231145054_muro_de_piedra_seca-500x226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Muro de piedra seca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231152028_muro_seco-copia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231152028_muro_seco-copia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231152028_muro_seco-copia.jpg 640w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231152028_muro_seco-copia-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG20251231152028_muro_seco-copia-500x226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Muro de piedra seca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Las ideas b\u00e1sicas de estas construcciones son las siguientes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>la base ancha y estable,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>las piedras colocadas \u201ca tiz\u00f3n\u201d para atravesar el muro,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>el relleno con piezas grandes (no grava),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>y una ligera inclinaci\u00f3n hacia dentro que da estabilidad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuando le\u00ed esto por primera vez no supe lo que era \u00aba tiz\u00f3n\u00bb. Probablemente, usted s\u00ed que lo sepa, pero por si acaso, lo explico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0single-rectangular_viajes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0single-rectangular_viajes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0single-rectangular_viajes.png 640w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0single-rectangular_viajes-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0single-rectangular_viajes-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Una piedra en perspectiva donde se distinguen claramente la cara larga (soga) y la cara corta (tiz\u00f3n).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>La cara larga la llamamos soga (soga) y la cara corta (tiz\u00f3n).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claro que esto es con bloques geom\u00e9tricos, y este tipo de bloques los encontramos en las construcciones romanas. Pero en el campo, no hay bloques rectangulares, as\u00ed que lo de ir \u00aba tiz\u00f3n\u00bb significa que lo que se ve en la parte visible del muro es la cara m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/perspective-architec.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/perspective-architec.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/perspective-architec.jpg 480w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/perspective-architec-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/perspective-architec-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Si se ve la cara peque\u00f1a es \u00aba tiz\u00f3n\u00bb. Si se ve la alargada es \u00aba soga\u00bb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br \/>La raz\u00f3n de colocarlas  \u00aba tiz\u00f3n\u00bb es que la pieza entra <strong>profundamente en el muro<\/strong>, perpendicular a la fachada, y queda muy bien sujeta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las lindes de piedra seca en Malta \u2014como en muchas regiones mediterr\u00e1neas\u2014 cumplen <strong>m\u00faltiples funciones<\/strong> que van mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la mera delimitaci\u00f3n de propiedades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funci\u00f3n protectora contra el viento<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S\u00ed, <strong>protegen activamente a las plantaciones del viento<\/strong>. En un paisaje expuesto como el malt\u00e9s, donde los vientos marinos pueden ser intensos, estos muros act\u00faan como <strong>pantallas naturales<\/strong> que:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reducen la velocidad del viento<\/strong> cerca del suelo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Evitan el desecamiento<\/strong> de cultivos sensibles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Protegen los brotes j\u00f3venes<\/strong> y las flores de da\u00f1os mec\u00e1nicos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Favorecen microclimas<\/strong> m\u00e1s estables en bancales y huertos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f9f1; Otras funciones clave<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de la protecci\u00f3n contra el viento, los muros de piedra seca en Malta tambi\u00e9n:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Delimitan propiedades<\/strong> y caminos rurales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contienen tierras<\/strong> en terrazas agr\u00edcolas (especialmente en zonas con pendiente).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Evitan la erosi\u00f3n<\/strong> del suelo por lluvia o escorrent\u00eda.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aprovechan las piedras<\/strong> extra\u00eddas al limpiar el terreno cultivable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Favorecen la biodiversidad<\/strong>, creando h\u00e1bitats para reptiles, insectos y aves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f33f; Patrimonio vivo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La t\u00e9cnica de la <em>\u0127ajt tas-sejjie\u0127<\/em> (muro de piedra seca en malt\u00e9s) est\u00e1 reconocida como parte del <strong>patrimonio cultural inmaterial<\/strong> por la UNESCO desde 2018, compartida por varios pa\u00edses mediterr\u00e1neos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es curioso que en un simple muro de piedra se encuentre tanta sabidur\u00eda popular, o dicho de otro modo: sabidur\u00eda acumulada  durante siglos por la experiencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A continuaci\u00f3n, un v\u00eddeo de c\u00f3mo se hace en Arag\u00f3n:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kCrnr2I-pCc?si=AWxLyJUqGdFGV8mt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Tras ver estos muros continuamos nuestro viaje a Marsaxlokk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3\">[1] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/deed.es_ES\" rel=\"license\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by\/3.0\/88x31.png\" alt=\"Licencia de Creative Commons\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/viajes.ares.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La vuelta al mundo y otros viajes&nbsp;<\/a>\u00a9 2024&nbsp;by&nbsp;F\u00e9lix Ares&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;CC BY-SA 4.0&nbsp;. 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