page_title: Plaza Mayor, Trinidad, Cuba
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Plaza Mayor, Trinidad, Cuba / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Deux exemples de fenêtres barreautées typiques de Trinidad, Cuba. English: Barrotes and iron grille, old and new window guards, Trinidad, Cuba
context_page_description: The Plaza Mayor in Trinidad, Cuba, is the historic centre of the town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.
context_section_description: The colonial houses of Trinidad are typified by red terracotta tiled roofs supported beyond the walls by wooden beams. Pastel-coloured paintwork for the houses is normal with wood and plasterwork details picked out in different colours to the brickwork.
  The large main door typically has a smaller entrance door (or doors) cut into it. In contrast to the houses of the same period in Havana the door tends to open directly onto a living area, rather than having a vestibule or entrance hall. The doors are often surrounded by architectural plaster mouldings. Windows lack glass, instead they are open to the elements, but have barrotes, bars constructed of small turned wooden columns which allow the air to circulate without allowing entrance to the house. In the 19th century these wooden barriers were replaced by wooden shutters behind a wrought-iron grille.
  The large windows are normally raised slightly from ground-level but can be flush to the pavement. Arched windows are also common, but are enclosed with radiating wooden slats. 19th-century houses tend to be built around a small courtyard with the rooms facing onto it.
caption: The barrotes of the 18th century (left), were replaced in the 19th century by grilles decorated with ornamental motifs (right)
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