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List of cobblestone streets

Cleaning a cobblestone street in Oaxaca. Cobblestones are natural stones, irregular in shape and size.
A sett block, sometimes mistakenly referred to as a cobble, but distinguished by being quarried & carved rather than naturally occurring, and being of regular size and rectangular shape.

A cobbled street or cobblestone road, is a street or road paved with cobblestones.

There are many historic streets that are cobbled. In the United States, several of these are recognized in the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

List

The following is a list of streets and roads which are famed or notable for being paved with cobbles (natural stone), setts (cut stone), artificial pavers (i.e. concrete or brick), or similar masonry works (natural, cut, or artificial).

In Belgium

In France

In the United States

In India

Church Street in Bangalore, and several streets in the historic French 'White Town' in Pondicherry are examples of cobblestone paved streets.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Paris–Roubaix difficulty 1-5 stars, with 0 being no cobbles, 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Reddy, Y Maheswara (April 14, 2023). "Nightmare on Church Street". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  3. ^ "A weekend in Pondicherry; eat, stay, see". Khushee Indian Food. Retrieved 2023-10-05.

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