2023 - Portugal - 56 - Cascais - 4 - Limestone Cobblestone Tile Mosaic
Portuguese sidewalks tile work arose in the 19th century and became a beautiful form of urban paving.
Walks, squares, and many public spaces are covered with pieces of asymmetric limestone laid out on in a kind of puzzle with endless series of decorative motifs in small tile pieces of white limestone and black basalt.
This is one Cascais example.
The surface treatment is known in Portuguese as calçada portuguesa or simply calçada.
2023 - Portugal - 56 - Cascais - 4 - Limestone Cobblestone Tile Mosaic
Portuguese sidewalks tile work arose in the 19th century and became a beautiful form of urban paving.
Walks, squares, and many public spaces are covered with pieces of asymmetric limestone laid out on in a kind of puzzle with endless series of decorative motifs in small tile pieces of white limestone and black basalt.
This is one Cascais example.
The surface treatment is known in Portuguese as calçada portuguesa or simply calçada.