It’s also one of the most recognizable expressions of Portuguese culture, found in many Portuguese-speaking cities around the world. The famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro features an extensive stretch of calçada portuguesa, and in Florianópolis, where I used to live, it’s a common sight throughout the city.
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It’s also a super fun water slide when it rains
MintPasteOrangeJuice on
It’s also *slippery as fuck* when it rains
VicenteOlisipo on
Indeed, it looks great, is incredibly versatile, bends before breaking, lets rainwater flow through and is super easy to repair. But it’s not the best if you want to wear high heels and wear slippery shoes, so obviously some morons want to replace it with naked concrete “like London and Paris”.
NanoCat0407 on
quite the sight to Witness
incazada on
A lot of the pavement was actually done by prisoners at least in Lisbon
Verified_Peryak on
Almost every pavement is hand made … the only automation is in the form of a help go lay it up faster …
Lubinski64 on
Can pavement not be hand made?
GrowingHeadache on
Love the trees as well
CaseUsual536 on
Why would anyone wear slippery shoes??? That’s the opposite of what shoes are for!
The_Blahblahblah on
Love it. So unmistakably Portuguese
Trazomm on
it’s not just European cobblestones, given that this paving can be found from lisbon to rome via brussels?
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It’s also one of the most recognizable expressions of Portuguese culture, found in many Portuguese-speaking cities around the world. The famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro features an extensive stretch of calçada portuguesa, and in Florianópolis, where I used to live, it’s a common sight throughout the city.
It’s also a super fun water slide when it rains
It’s also *slippery as fuck* when it rains
Indeed, it looks great, is incredibly versatile, bends before breaking, lets rainwater flow through and is super easy to repair. But it’s not the best if you want to wear high heels and wear slippery shoes, so obviously some morons want to replace it with naked concrete “like London and Paris”.
quite the sight to Witness
A lot of the pavement was actually done by prisoners at least in Lisbon
Almost every pavement is hand made … the only automation is in the form of a help go lay it up faster …
Can pavement not be hand made?
Love the trees as well
Why would anyone wear slippery shoes??? That’s the opposite of what shoes are for!
Love it. So unmistakably Portuguese
it’s not just European cobblestones, given that this paving can be found from lisbon to rome via brussels?