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pazo

vr.tr.pazo · thing-q3400170

Let an agent describe a pazo by history, architecture, estate elements and heritage status, and point to visitor information.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.BLT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Building The manor house.

Architecture

Style and features.

Architecture

Style, towers, arms.

  1. What style and features does the house have? definition
  2. When was it built? provenance

Estate

Chapel, horreo, dovecote, gardens.

Estate elements

Buildings and gardens.

  1. Which estate buildings survive? definition
  2. Are the gardens historic? provenance
History Owners and changes.

Families

Noble lineages.

Ownership history

Families and dates.

  1. Which families owned it? provenance
  2. When did ownership change? provenance

Alterations

Changes over time.

Alterations

Rebuilding and restoration.

  1. Which alterations were made? provenance
  2. Were they approved? boundary
Heritage Protection status.

Designation

BIC and catalogues.

Designation

Status and date.

  1. Is the pazo protected, and how? provenance
  2. Since when? provenance

Condition

State of conservation.

Condition

Condition assessment.

  1. What is its condition? measurement
  2. Is it at risk? boundary
Use and visiting Current use.

Use

Residence, museum, hotel, winery.

Current use

Use and operator.

  1. How is the pazo used today? definition
  2. Who operates it? provenance

Visiting

Access.

Visitor access

Opening and rules.

  1. Is it open to visitors? provenance
  2. Where is official information? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.BLT

What it is Filled

A manor house of the Galician nobility in north-west Spain, mostly built between the 17th and 19th centuries, often in the countryside and often with gardens and estate buildings such as a chapel, granary (horreo) and dovecote.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe a pazo by history, architecture, estate elements and heritage status, and point to visitor information.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • A Galician noble manor house; most are rural, but urban pazos exist.
  • The house is often part of a wider estate with gardens and farm buildings.
  • Many are protected as cultural heritage.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • share private owners' personal data
  • encourage trespass on private estates

May

  • describe history, architecture and visiting information

Moral aspects Filled

  • heritage conservation
  • privacy of private owners

Who is affected

  • owners
  • visitors and local communities

Owners Filled

Steward

the owner of each pazo, with heritage authorities for protected ones

Master systems

  • Galician and Spanish heritage registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q41176 - registry parent class

related

  • manor house - building
  • horreo - estate granary
  • Galicia - region
  • heritage-listed building - protection

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.pazo
  • Wikidata: Q3400170 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3400170)
  • heritage register code: register-specific such as Spanish Bien de Interes Cultural records

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

A class of buildings: dimensions belong to each pazo.

Recognition required Filled

  • Granite manor house with coat of arms
  • Horreo, dovecote and chapel on the estate
  • A stone manor house, often with towers, coats of arms and arcades, set among gardens, with a chapel, horreo and dovecote nearby.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe architecture and estate elements
  • give heritage status from official registers
  • describe history and owners
  • point to visitor information

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Decay of abandoned pazos
  • Inappropriate alterations

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Galician Cultural Heritage Law (Lei 5/2016)
  • Spanish Historical Heritage Law 16/1985 and Bien de Interes Cultural designation

Context of use required Filled

  • Residence of noble families and centre of a rural estate; today often a museum, hotel, winery or private home.
  • baroque pazos
  • pazos with towers
  • pazos converted to hotels or museums
  • wine-producing pazos

Sources Filled

  1. Q3400170 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Pazo - general description of the subject
  3. Pazo - Architectural type, rural nobility, historical development and urban pazos.
  4. Pazos - Seigneurial houses, principal building period, gardens and estate setting.
  5. Pazo - Architectural classification, masonry, heraldry, galleries, courtyards and associated features.
  6. Pazos visitables de la provincia de Lugo - Private ownership, surviving estate features and contemporary visitor access.
  7. Ley 5/2016, de 4 de mayo, del patrimonio cultural de Galicia - Galician heritage legislation, protection categories and conservation framework.
  8. Ley 16/1985, de 25 de junio, del Patrimonio Historico Espanol - Spanish heritage legislation and Bien de Interes Cultural designation.

Open questions

  • Should individual pazos be separate entries?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3400170/spec.json