Real Flintstones house made of four ROCKS with pool and bulletproof windows – World News
Casa do Penedo, also known as the House of Stone, looks like something straight out of prehistoric bedrock minus the dinosaurs, and was created from nearby boulders in the 1970s
Move over Fred, Wilma, Pebbles and Bamm Bamm, it’s time to let other humans enjoy caveman life in a house known as the Flintstones house.
Casa do Penedo, or the House of Stone, in Portugal got the nickname due to its bizarre rock look.
Built into four massive boulders, the house looks like something straight out of the town of Bedrock – sadly without the dinosaurs coexisting side-by-side with humans.
Unlike the homes Fred and his neighbor Barney Rubble enjoy, the home features bulletproof glass and doors, as well as a swimming pool carved into the rock for people to cool off in, the Mail Online reported.
Located at the top of the Fafe Mountains in northern Portugal — about 80 miles from Porto — it offers incredible views to those who climb its 2,600-foot pole and has recently been turned into a museum.
Although there are some wind farms near the house, it has no electricity.
As a result, it has neither television nor telephone, but running water and a gas supply.
Photographer Ricardo Oliveira Mateus, 34, said: “It was built using four large boulders that serve as the foundation, walls and ceiling of the house.
“The house is fairly well equipped, although there is no electricity, it has a fireplace and even a swimming pool carved out of one of the big rocks.
“As a child I had the opportunity to meet the owner of the house and go inside for a few minutes – I remember being really impressed by the architecture and the amazing view.”
Inside, the furniture is made from logs, although the sofa is carved from concrete, which would no doubt make the Flintstones feel at home.
The two-storey house was built in 1974 with the intention of making it a holiday home.
On the ground floor people will find a kitchen and living room while upstairs is the only bedroom.
Vítor Rodrigues, whose father designed and built the house, previously said: “We came from Guimarães to hike Mount Fafe and stopped at its summit.
“It rained a lot that day, we had to eat in the car and spent many hours there, we, the three brothers and our parents.”
“A place where we could have a snack on a rainy day, like a day like this, or even on vacation.”
