About 180 results for ‘Sett (paving)’
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Sett (paving)
A sett, usually the plural setts and in some places called a Belgian block, often idiomatically called "cobblestone", is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used originally for paving roads, today a decorative stone paving used in landscape architecture. A sett is distinct from a cobblestone by being quarried or shaped to a regular form, whereas a cobblestone is generally naturally occurring. Streets paved with setts are highlights in several cycling competitions such as the final Champs-Élysées stage of the Tour de France and the Paris–Roubaix road race as riding upon them is technically more challenging than riding on asphalt. Notable roads paved with setts include Vicars' Close, Wells, much of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and the set of Coronation Street. In New York City the meat-packing district and SoHo retains such streets. Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, in particular its upper reaches through Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill, is notable for being paved with Belgian blocks; repaving projects on this thoroughfare have retained or reintroduced setts to give additional historic character to these neighborhoods. Part of this character includes the tracks of the 23 trolley, though the modern tracks are encased in concrete slabs rather than setts, and the trolley line itself is currently operated by buses. In Richmond belgian block streets are particularly common, most notably in Shockoe Slip. Street cars travelled through the street on tracks that are still visible though the system has been replaced by buses. In many cities (including Richmond and Philadelphia, as exemplified above), setts have often been used for pavement around street-running trolley or tram lines, in the same manner as brickwork. Belgian block is usually granite.
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La chambrière (titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Broom
- Sett (paving)
- Woman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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CANTIQUE SPIRITUEL. / SUR L'AIR.QUAND LE PERIL EST AGREAB...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Anthony of Padua
- Book
- Child Jesus
- Oratory (worship)
- Sett (paving)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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CANTIQUE SPIRITUEL / SUR L'AIR : REVEILLEZ VOUS BELLE END...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Child
- Joachim
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Reading (process)
- Saint Anne
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- Date:
- 18th century
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CANTIQUE SPIRITUEL / SUR L'AIR : REVEILLEZ VOUS BELLE END...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Mary Magdalene
- Perfume
- Prayer
- Sett (paving)
- Tears
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- Date:
- 18th century
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SANTO / ANTONIO / DE PADUA (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Anthony of Padua
- Beatific vision
- Bivalvia
- Child Jesus
- Cloud
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
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583 - NICE (ALPES MARITIMES)L'EGLISE NOTRE-DAME
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell tower
- Nice
- Sett (paving)
- Statue
- Tree
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- Date:
- 20th century
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165 - NICE - NOTRE-DAME
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell tower
- Bench (furniture)
- Nice
- Sett (paving)
- Town square
- Trade
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- Date:
- 20th century
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142 NICE - AVENUE DE LA VICTOIRE - L'EGLISE NOTRE DAME
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell tower
- Nice
- Sett (paving)
- Statue
- Tree
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- Date:
- 20th century
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COLLECTION ARTISTIQUE / 1247 - VALLEE DE LA TINEE - LA TO...
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Balcony
- House
- Individual
- La Tour, Alpes-Maritimes
- Mountain
- School
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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CAGNES (ENV. DE NICE) - UNE RUE ARABE
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cagnes-sur-Mer
- House
- Old age
- Porch
- Sett (paving)
- Street
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- Date:
- 20th century
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A trouver
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cagnes-sur-Mer
- Column
- Door
- Porch
- Sett (paving)
- Street
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- Date:
- 20th century
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CAGNES (ENV. DE NICE) - PORTAIL SAINT SEBASTIEN
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beret
- Cagnes-sur-Mer
- Child
- House
- Ruins
- Sett (paving)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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AUBAGNE - ALLEES DES MARRONNIERS
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bridge
- Gate
- House
- Sett (paving)
- Street
- Track (rail transport)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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La Berlugane - Un coin des Jardins
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beaulieu-sur-Mer
- Garden
- Landscape
- Plant
- Sett (paving)
- Tree
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98 MARSEILLE - UNE VIEILLE RUE
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- House
- Marseille
- Sett (paving)
- Street
- Town square
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- Date:
- 20th century
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2071 MARSEILLE - L'ENTREE DU PORT ET LE FORT SAINT-JEAN
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fortification
- Lighthouse
- Littoral zone
- Log cabin
- Marseille
- Port (disambiguation)
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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61 ARLES - UNE ARLESIENNE
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- Field(s):
- Costume
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arles
- Bell tower
- Folk costume
- House
- Portrait
- Sett (paving)
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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MARSEILLE - VIEUX PORT, ATTELAGE MARSEILLAIS
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bridge
- Bucket
- Fishing
- Folk costume
- Horse
- Horse tack
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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