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details of the design in sidewalk Avenida Liberdade, Lisbon - Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Avenida Liberdade, Lisbon - Portugal Avenida da Liberdade Shops, hotels, some of the best coffee shops, esplanades, theatres, universities... You will find everything here and more! This is the Avenue of Liberty, synonimous with elegance, fashion and motion ... like a living vein that makes the connection between Pombal Marquis Square and downtown Lisbon. This is one of the most (if not the most) important avenues in Lisbon and is also the central point for offices, centenary trees, international fashion shops and thousands of "passing-through" workers. Being a good place for a walk, make sure you take a look at the ancient tailor shops, followed by internationally-known brands like Calvin Klein, Timberland, Massimo Dutti, Armani, Burberrys and Adolfo Dominguez. Walking the Liberty Avenue was once a social custom synonimous of elegance and today still is! If you feel tired, just sit at one of the local esplanades with the traditional white wrought iron chairs and have a drink...

Avenida Liberdade, Lisbon - Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Boardwalk in cobblestone, with palm trees. It is a pedestrian zone par excellence, with many cafes and restaurants. 葡萄牙路面 葡萄牙路面 葡萄牙路面 Photos: Celso Gonçalves

Portuguese pavement driveway Our latest work, was to pave access to private housing in cobblestone. The major area was made of blue granite, also combined white and pink limestone and black basalt. With a simple and geometric design, a progression of squares, combining the different stones, their colors and textures, we managed to produce a beautiful aesthetic effect. Benedita - Portugal

Stone pavement is an art with a long history. Romans are the most well known for this kind of work, both inside and outside buildings, made with intricate,beautiful and colorful designs but, in Portugal, it wasn't only the Romans that influenced this kind of work, Arabian occupation of the territory, was also important to the development of such technicals. One of the most important reason for this kind of pavement was to prevent mud on the floor and streets because the space between stones lets the rain water to be absorbed, but there are other advantages like it's durability, to be easy and cheap to repair. The Portuguese pavement( 葡萄牙路面) is a decorative art applied in most of the sidewalks around the country and it's former colonies. In 1842, military commander Eusebius Furtado ordered inmates in the Castelo de São Jorge, a Lisbon prison, to cover its courtyard with a zig-zag pattern of tiles. The design used on that floor was a simple layout,but for the time, the work ...

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Rossio, Lisbon - Portugal