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Hike with Maik⛰️🌲🏃
March 16, 2024
Hiking
Mallorca is home to numerous lime kilns, silent witnesses to a once thriving industry. Scattered throughout the island, they recall the time when lime was an important building material. In these kilns, limestone was fired at high temperatures to produce quicklime. This lime was then slaked with water and processed into lime mortar, which was used to build houses and walls.
Today, most of the lime kilns are no longer in use. However, they remain an important testament to Mallorcan history and culture.
Today, most of the lime kilns are no longer in use. However, they remain an important testament to Mallorcan history and culture.
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Kai 🇺🇦
July 14, 2025
Hiking
All I can add to Maik's description is that this oven has stepping stones on the outside, which I haven't seen very often.
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Andreas_Serenity4u
July 16, 2020
Hiking
This "stone oven" is a lime kiln ("Horn de cal").
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