Cobbled street in Judiara the former Jewish part of Castelo de Vide, Alto Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Old colonial houses, Sao Luis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maranhao, Brazil, South America

Traditional mud brick houses in the form of beehives, Harran, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Inner courtyard of restored traditional Pol house, Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, India, Asia

Courtyard of a traditional house, Carmona, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Traditional courtyards of Gujjar families, Gujarat, India, Asia

traditional courtyard of a merchants house, timber house in Hongcun, ancient village, living museum, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

Northern lights above traditional wooden house, Lillehammer, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

View at a traditional courtyard of house at the village Hongcun, Huang Shan, China, Asia

Northern lights above traditional wooden house, Lillehammer, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Round House, Chinese: Tulou, with ancestral temple, round adobe building of the Hakka minority, Ta Xia de Yuan Building, Hukeng, Fujian, China, Asia

Chinese woman drawing water from the well in the courtyard of a wooden round house, Chinese: Tulou, adobe round house of the Hakka minority, Tianluokeng Building Group, Hukeng, Fujian, China, Asia

Wedding stone on the facade in the courtyard of the synagogue, Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Riad, a traditional townhouse with an inner courtyard with a fountain, Marrakech, Morocco, Africa

Beer garden in the inner courtyard of the Hofbraeuhaus in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Close-up view of Dammuso architecture, a typical, stone house structure on Pantelleria Island, Sicily, Italy

Close-up view of Dammuso architecture, a typical, stone house structure on Pantelleria Island, Pantelleria Island, Trapani, Sicily, Italy