When was the last time you asked someone sarcastically, "Have you been living under a rock?" and the reply was, "Well actually, yes."? Not many people in the world can say that, presumably. Except the residents of this quaint little village in Portugal

The mountains that surround Monsanto are strewn with enormous rocks and the villagers have built their residences around existing boulders instead of attempting to move them.

Monsanto has a population of 800 residents and they make up a community that strive, to this day, to keep the village's medieval character alive in the way their homes are designed to incorporate their spectacular environment.