Country estates

In Ancient Rome, a latifundium (; from 'spacious' and , 'farm, estate') was a great landed estate specialising in agriculture destined for sale: grain, olive oil, or wine. They were characteristic of Magna Graecia and Sicily, Egypt, Northwest Africa and Hispania Baetica. The latifundia were the closest approximation to industrialised agriculture in antiquity, and their economics depended upon slavery.

thumb|right|250px|Hacienda Lealtad is a working coffee hacienda which used slave labor in the 19th century, located in [[Lares, Puerto Rico.]]

comprises the buildings and supporting farmland and woods of a very large property

thumb|A finca in Mallorca thumb|A cortijo in a finca in Seville Finca () is a Spanish term for estate. In English usage, it refers to a piece of rural or agricultural land, typically with a cottage, farmhouse or estate building present, and often adjacent to a woodland or plantation.