Security bars on windows

JustJack said:

I've always wondered about the security bars you frequently see on the windows of homes in Spain. The obvious purpose is security, but they are so ubiquitous, including on the windows of houses in the smallest villages where surely there isn't an ongoing problem of people breaking into homes via the windows.

I'm inclined to think they've simply become an architectural style, and they are put there more for stylistic reasons than the need for safety, but what do I know.

I haven't had an opportunity to discuss it with a Spaniard yet. Other Europeans didn't seem to know, but agreed they don't
do the same thing in their countries.

Anyone else notice the omnipresent barred windows and wondered why they are everywhere?

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Pelegrin said:

No tradition of bars in Galicia. You can see on the Caminos most windows without bars in rural Galicia. In Andalucia bars are sometimes decorative and in the past had to do more with "defense of honor" than with security.

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SYates said:

In rural Galicia perhaps not so much, but here in Santiago there are plenty of them.
BC SY

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