A hacienda is an estate, similar to a Roman latifundium, in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, haciendas were variously plantations, mines or factories, with many haciendas combining these activities. The word is derived from Spanish hacer and haciendo (making), referring to productive business enterprises.
Hacienda Lealtad is a working coffee hacienda which used slave labor in the 19th century, located in Lares, Puerto Rico.
Gardens of the Hacienda San Gabriel in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Hacienda of Xcanchakan, Yucatán, Mexico
Wheat mill and theatre of Vicente Gallardo; Hacienda Atequiza, Jalisco, Mexico, 1886.
An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which would historically generate income for its owner.
Wentworth Woodhouse is a large rural estate, extending to 15,000 acres including the country house.
Looking north across Bloomsbury Square on the Bedford Estate with Bedford House behind, c. 1725, London town house of the Dukes of Bedford
A modern industrial estate in Lambeth, London
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina