Gaiola (construction)

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A gaiola is a masonry building reinforced with an internal wooden cage mostly used in Portugal. After the 1755 Lisbon earthquake changes were made to the construction. [1]

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  1. ^ http://www.engnetbase.com.lt.ltag.bibl.liu.se/books/894/0068_C01.pdf