Calade
Type of pebble arrangement
Calade is a French term for a harmonious, decorative and useful arrangement of medium-sized pebbles, fixed to the ground.
Rue en calade describes a road with a surface composed in this way, essentially a cobblestone road. These are found predominantly in the French region of Provence, and generally in the Mediterranean area.
The corresponding term in Italian is risseu, a term borrowed from Ligurian.
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- Calade à Avignon.jpg by jean-louis zimmermann, CC BY 2.0
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