葡萄牙巨石村 住在岩石中的人們

Living beneath a roof that weighs More than the average cruise ship may make some people a little nervous.
要是讓一些人住在房頂比一般遊輪還重的屋子裏恐怕會感到些許緊張。

But it is commonplace for the villagers of Monsanto in Portugal, who adapted their homes around the environment, filled with gigantic granite boulders.
但是對於住在葡萄牙孟山都的村民來說早就習以爲常。他們根據被巨大花崗岩石包圍的環境改造住房。

In the mountaintop village, homes aresandwiched between, under and even in the 200-tonne rocks.
在山頂的村莊裏，屋子像三明治一樣不是夾在巨石中就是壓在巨石下，甚至還有就在200噸巨石中安家落戶的。

The enormous boulders have been utilised as walls, floors, and most astoundingly, as roofs for houses that date back to the 16th century.
這些巨石被用作牆體、地面，更讓人驚訝的是還用作房頂，而這些都可以追溯到16世紀。

In 1938, Monsanto was named 'the most Portuguese village in Portugal', though its jaw-dropping land forms make it anything but regular.
1938年，孟山都被譽爲“最具葡萄牙特色的村莊”，儘管這種讓人大跌眼鏡的地形使其完全跳出常規村莊的框架。

Located in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, in eastern Portugal near the Spanish border, Monsanto sits at 2,486 feet above sea level and has spectacular views.
位於葡萄牙東部鄰近國界的自治市Idanha-a-Nova，孟山都海拔2486米，風光宜人，景色壯麗。

Donkey is the preferred form of transport for Monsanto's 800 residents, who have managed to maintain the village's medieval character.
驢子是孟山都800名當地居民出行的首選交通工具，村民們一直在竭力沿襲這種中世紀以來的傳統。