Casa que trascala (A typical house in Rota)

If we look up the word “trascalar” in a Spanish dictionary, we can check it does not exist. This is the clearest proof of the singularity of these houses (casas que trascalan). We have invented a new word to refer to them. The word “tras-cala” means the action of entering a collective house through a door which is in one street and leaving it through a door which is in a parallel street. This is a popular and common type of collective housing in Rota whose singularities come from the elongated shape the vegetable gardens of the city used to have. A collective house is formed by several houses situated along a central corridor. It is decorated with typical Andalusian flower pots and plants by the neighbours who live there.