Record · MQN-BLD-0209

Casa de la Carretera

Plot plan (c. 1965) manzana 3, casa 2 Inferred source

One of the 541 houses in the reconstruction of the Poble Vell (the old village) of Mequinenza, demolished from 1970 onwards to make way for the Riba-roja reservoir. No archive photograph has been cited as a source for it yet.

Shape: Hypothetical
Appearance: Hypothetical

Shape covers footprint, storeys, eaves height and roof; Appearance covers façade. Each summary gives the lowest level in its group. What the three levels mean

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How we know

Every piece of information in the model, with its level, its sources, its uncertainty and how it was obtained. The photographs are cited; they will be shown when there is permission to publish them.

Documented Inferred Hypothetical

Record MQN-BLD-0209 · what we put in the model, its level of evidence, its sources, the uncertainty and the method, feature by feature
Feature	In the model	Level	Sources	Uncertainty	Method
Shape
Footprint	82 m²	Inferred	2 sources · Ortofoto del vuelo americano, serie B, Nucli urbà de la vila de Mequinensa (1968)	± 2.5 m along the outline	Contorno y medianeras que se leen, dibujados a mano sobre la ortofoto de 1956 a resolución completa
Storeys	3 storeys	Hypothetical	No source	± 1 storey	Por la regla general del modelo: entre 2 y 4 plantas según el tipo de casa; sin medida propia de esta casa
Eaves height	9,0 m	Inferred	1 source · Ortofoto del vuelo americano, serie B	± 0.8 m	Sombra del vuelo del 19-04-1957 (sol 55,6°, azimut 147°), 37 perfiles; alero 6,18 m sobre el suelo al pie de la fachada norte (la mitad central de los perfiles, entre 5,90 y 6,49 m). La ficha da 9,0 m porque cuenta la altura desde el punto más bajo de la casa, que en ladera queda por debajo del pie de la fachada norte
Roof	dos aguas	Hypothetical	No source of its own · reference: MUNI_lopoble_362, T1B_p103_1	± 1.5 m	Tejado inclinado de la regla general del modelo, con la forma simplificada
AppearanceColourising is not evidence: the colour of the model is an interpretation.
Façade	Revoco ocre	Hypothetical	No source	Not calculated	Acabado de la regla general del modelo, según el tipo de casa; sin fuente propia

Record status: sin revisar · Data as of 9 October 2026

Sources 2 in total

2 documents.

Ortofoto del vuelo americano, serie BIGN, WMS https://www.ign.es/wms/pnoa-historico, capa AMS_1956-1957 · 1956-1957
Nucli urbà de la vila de Mequinensa (1968)Copia digital; procedencia original por establecer · 1968

References for the hypotheses

They do not count as sources for this house: they are what has been used as a guide for what no source shows (a general rule for the village, or an assumption), and the table marks them as ‘reference’.

Colección municipal de Mequinenza · 1 photographcarpeta «Lo poble»: MUNI_lopoble_362
«Recuerdos de papel» · 1 photographtomo 1B, p. 103, foto 1: T1B_p103_1

Catalogue of sources: each one with its full citation and its permission status.

Neighbouring houses

Map of the surroundings: Casa de la Carretera. Extract from our own map, about 80 by 50 m, with north at the top and a 20 m scale bar. Highlighted: Casa de la Carretera. The houses around it link to their records; the lists on the page have the same links.

Our own map. Drawn over the 1956–57 aerial survey. This house is in terracotta; the houses around it link to their records.The project’s master plan · 9 Oct 2026

The closest ones, from nearest to furthest. You can also open them from the map.

The other 3 houses in Carretera

MQN-BLD-0209 · Carretera · plot plan: manzana 3, casa 2 · shape: hypothetical · appearance: hypothetical · 2 sources · sin revisar