Haciendas Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Spanish word for an estate
About Haciendas
The hacienda concept began in Spain when the moors were pushed out of the Iberian peninsula. Noblemen and military heroes were granted lands appropriated from the expelled Muslim kingdoms. That model was used as the Spanish Empire expanded through the Americas and the Asian Pacific. Haciendas were built over a 300-year period to expand Spanish industry in new territories. The haciendas had different purposes, but most exemplify a set of common architectural design elements. The large owner's residence was a constant and is often referred to as "the hacienda", although a hacienda in the larger sense included all lands granted by the crown and all buildings on that land, often including manufacturing facilities, a church, slave quarters and more. In warm, wet coastal regions, and in areas th
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