[[wiki-architecture]] · [[Buildings and Structures]] · [[ARCHITECTURE]] · [[000]] # Mitato Mitato (Greek: μιτάτο, archaic form: μιτᾶτον or μητᾶτον, from Latin: metor, "to measure off/to pitch camp") is a term meaning "shelter" or "lodging" in Greek. Appearing in the 6th century, during the Byzantine period it referred to an inn or trading house for foreign merchants, akin to a caravanserai. By extension, it could also refer to the legal obligation of a private citizen to billet state officials or soldiers. Alternatively, in the 10th century, Constantine Porphyrogenitus uses the term to refer to state-run ranches in Anatolia. In modern Greece, and especially on the mountains of Crete, a mitato (in the plural mitata) is a hut built from locally gathered stones to provide shelter to shepherds, and is used also for cheese-making. Mount Ida (also called Mount Psiloritis) in central Crete is particularly rich in flat stones suitable for dry stone construction. == See also == Vernacular architecture == References == - [[Professional Practice/Public & Cultural]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/00 Index]] - [[Building Construction/Structural Systems/Timber Structures]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 10 - Landscape and Signs]] - [[Design/Architectural Design]] - [[Urban and Planning/Urban Design and Planning]] - [[Building Construction/Estimating & Costing/kitchens]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 06 - Structural Design/Section 6 - Steel]] - [[Environmental Design/Strong Foundations for Sustainable Constructions/pillars]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/International Building Codes]] == External links == (in French) Cabanes d'estive (mitata) des environs d'Anogia en Crète centrale (Grèce) (Summer shepherding huts (mitata) in the vicinity of Anogia in central Crete, Greece)