At around one p.m. closing shutters and windows.
At around eight p.m. opening the windows and the shutters a bit.
This shedule seems to protect from the extreme heat in the house. It gets more bearable... Nevertheless it is heavy.
When living in Central Italy I met a Swiss German couple who built their dream house in the splendid hills of the region. The problem was that they indeed built their dream house - meaning that sort of house you see on the hill of Zurich: modern, with huge wall windows and no shutters.
In the north of Europe that is the required style: you try to get as much light as possible. But something like that in the Mediterranean reagions is pure folly! No shutters and wall windows?! Especially if all your rooms face south!
They tried to improve this situation adding thick and dark curtains that obscured the rooms and not the slightest breeze could reach the inside. A nightmare!
Now expacts are much more clear, they know that you should adopt the style of the local. If they have regular size windows plus shutters there must be a reason. At the time these two knuckleheads didn't want any suggestions, and they must pay the price...
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