Seaweed roofs on Læsø
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Seaweed roofs on Læsø are roofs made of eelgrass on some houses, built with a type of vernacular building technique, on the Danish island of Læsø. The tradition goes back to the 17th century, and was
A house with a seaweed roof on Læsø
An example of a seaweed roof on Læsø, with its distinct, oversize gable
Museumsgården, one of two houses with seaweed roofs on Læsø that is open to visitors
Thatching
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Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
Seaweed roofs on Læsø
…associated with salt production, which in the 17th century led to widespread deforestation. Reeds, which are traditionally used in many other areas as thatching, were difficult to transport to the island, and straw was too valuable as fodder to be used. At the same time, an abundance of eelgrass washed up on…
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