Calade is a
French
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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
Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings.
Setts, also called Belgian blocks, are often casually referred to as "cobbles", although a sett is distinct fr ...
road. These are found predominantly in the
French
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region of
Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bo ...
, and generally in the Mediterranean area.
The corresponding term in
Italian
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is risseu, which is not Italian but Ligurian.
Types of roads
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