{{Short description|Traditional granaries}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2023}}
<div style="float:right;width:250px;"> [[File:Raccard, Fiesch, Valais.jpg|200px|thumb|A raccard in the village of Fiesch, Valais]] </div>
'''Raccards''' are traditional granaries that can be found in the Swiss Alps (usually in Valais) and in the Italian Alps (in the Lys Valley, Valsesia, and in Ayas). In Italy they are called '''rascard''' or '''torbe''' and in Savoy '''regard'''. They are also found in the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of Italy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=2014-08-28 |title=Preservation and energy behavior in Aosta Valley's traditional buildings |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/b17393-27/preservation-energy-behavior-aosta-valley-traditional-buildings-bionaz |journal=Vernacular Architecture: Towards a Sustainable Future |language=en |pages=149–154 |doi=10.1201/b17393-27|isbn=978-0-429-22679-3 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Raccards share similarities with the ''horreos'' found in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
These pre-industrial structures resemble log cabins, built above ground and supported by wooden stilts.<ref name=":0" /> A circular stone slab, forming an overhang, is intercalated between the stilts and the granary to prevent rodents from gaining access to the grain or fodder reserves. Raccards allow for preserving and processing grain products.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Estienne |first=Pierre |date=1946 |title=K. Suter. — L'Economie alpestre du val de Bagnes. |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/rga_0035-1121_1946_num_34_2_5218_t1_0326_0000_2 |journal=Revue de Géographie Alpine |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=326–327}}</ref>
<gallery> image:Raccard.JPG|Raccards in Saas-Fee image:Grimentz-Raccard (1).jpg|Raccard in Grimentz - a view of the stone slabs which prevent rodent incursions. image:Rascard à Barmasc (Ayas).JPG|Rascard in Ayas </gallery>
==See also== * Hórreo
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Granaries
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