▁Corn wall ▁and ▁the ▁buildings ▁of ▁the ▁Castro ▁culture . ▁The ▁village ▁of ▁A ster ix ▁is ▁composed ▁in ▁part ▁by ▁pal lo zas . ▁ ▁Its ▁name ▁is ▁actually ▁a ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁the ▁Gal ician ▁word ▁" pal la za ", ▁first ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁by ▁eth n ograph ers ▁such ▁as ▁German ▁Fritz ▁Kr ü ger , ▁who ▁was ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁material ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁roof . ▁The ▁traditional ▁name ▁of ▁these ▁buildings ▁is ▁in ▁fact ▁casa ▁de ▁te ito ▁or ▁casa ▁de ▁te itu . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁pal lo za ▁( sp elled ▁pal ho ça ) ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁language , ▁where ▁it ▁describes ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁small ▁cabin ▁built ▁with ▁wood ▁and ▁that ched ▁roof . ▁ ▁Today ▁ ▁Pal lo zas ▁were ▁used ▁until ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁when ▁improved ▁communic ations ▁brought ▁modern ▁building ▁concepts ▁to ▁the ▁area . ▁Pal lo zas ▁surv ive ▁in ▁Gal icia , ▁com arca ▁of ▁Os ▁An car es , ▁and ▁in ▁several ▁areas ▁of ▁Cand ín ▁and ▁western ▁Ast ur ias . ▁The ▁remarkable ▁pal lo zas ▁in ▁the ▁B ierz an ▁town ▁of ▁Cam po ▁del ▁Agu a ▁was ▁largely ▁destroyed ▁by ▁a ▁fire ▁in ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁may ▁be ▁that ▁of ▁Pi orn edo , ▁which ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁has ▁been ▁an ▁eth