Villa architecture
Introduction
Quinta (from Latin: quintus, "fifth") or fifth of recreation, in the urban context, has different meanings depending on the region or country, although always in relation to real estate.[1] Initially it designated "the fifth part of the production" that the tenant (called quintero) delivered to the owner of a property; but later the name quinta was applied to that same rural property, including its palaces or manor houses, parks and farms.
In the Hispanic world
In Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay
Initially, already in the century the term quinta referred to the fifth fraction of land that an advance, as representative of the crown, awarded to a new Spanish neighbor or mancebo of the land"); these "quintas" became orchards with some attached housing. Such orchards quinta served to supply a villa (with the meaning of city), supply that frequently included the production of wines such as La Costa.
Between the comedies of the 19th and 20th centuries, the meaning of quinta was mutating in the River Plate region, so if even at the end of the 1960s it was possible to speak of "quintas" referring to suburban plots in which there was some agricultural or livestock production, since then the meaning of a farm in the vicinity of a large city has predominated.
Thus, in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, the name "quinta" or "casa-quinta" is used to refer to a type of property generally intended for spending weekends or vacation periods not far from large cities. Quincho houses are usually made up of one or more chalets within a considerable extension of landscaped land with a park and orchard, and which frequently include a swimming pool, and even space to practice sports (tennis, volleyball, soccer), as well as a barbecue area "Quincho (architecture)") and grills for barbecues, and sometimes quarters for the staff and a machine room.
In a more popular area, the term "quinta" can be used to refer to a small plot of land or garden where fruit trees or vegetables are grown, sometimes forming part of a property or home, even if it is located in a city.