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Travel Bug Dog Tag Calcadinha 2

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Released:
Monday, October 3, 2005
Origin:
Portugal
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O meu objectivo é percorrer o mundo dando a conhecer esta ancestral forma de arte portuguesa.

My goal is to travel the world to spread this ancient and beautiful form of Portuguese art.

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TB Calçadinha 2

Sou uma pedra de Calçada Portuguesa e foi concorrente na 1ª Corrida de Travelbugs Geocaching@PT-Homenagem à Calçada Portuguesa, substituindo a minha irmã Calçadinha que "desapareceu em combate". Terminei a corrida em 14º lugar e a minha irmã em 6º.

Sempre que me levarem a passear, aproveitem para tirar algumas fotografias comigo a visitar os monumentos da vossa cidade e quem sabe alguma zona pavimentada de forma peculiar.

A expressão calçada "à portuguesa" tem a ver com a forma de aparelhamento das pedras entre si: as pedras são de forma irregular, com dimensões variáveis na ordem dos 5cm de aresta.

Por norma a calçada "à portuguesa" é executada em vidraço, uma espécie de calcário, daí que também se diga calçada de vidraço à portuguesa.

Pensa-se que a arte de pavimentação foi originária da Mesopotâmia, onde materiais rochosos eram usados dentro e fora dos edifícios, sendo depois adoptada pelas Civilizações Grega e Romana.

Os Romanos pavimentavam as vias que ligavam todo o império, usando materiais rochosos extraídos das imediações da própria via. Algumas das técnicas de aplicação dos pavimentos, desenvolvidas pelos Romanos, são ainda hoje utilizadas na Calçada. Sobre uma camada bem compactada de material argiloso e arenoso, os calceteiros depositam uma fina camada de saibro que, ao acomodar as pedras, funciona como comento, dando coesão ao conjunto.

A herança mourisca na Península Ibérica deixou marcas, não apenas na linguagem, mas deu também alguns contributos na arte do calcetamento.

I am a small Portuguese paving stone and I was a player in the first geocaching@pt travel bug race – Homage to the art of Portuguese paving , substituting my sister Calçadinha in this race, which was missing in action in Seychelles. I’ve ended the race in the 14th place and my sister in the 6th.

Whenever you take me for a walk, please take the opportunity to take my picture in front of some of the monuments in your city and particularly in an especially beautiful paved section of your city.

The name “Calçada à Portuguesa” or be it “Paving Portuguese style” has to do with the form of how the individual paving stones are set against each other: the stones are irregular in shape with variable dimensions generally with 5 cm sides. Normally, the pavements are executed in “vidraço”, a type of limestone.

Paving as a craft is believed to have originated in Mesopotamia, where rocky materials were used in the inside and outside of constructions, being later brought to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

The Romans used to pave the vias connecting the empire using materials to be found in the surroundings. Some of the techniques introduced are still applied on the Calçada. Upon a well compacted trench of sandy and argillaceous materials, craftsmen lay a bedding of gravel, which will accommodate the stones, acting as cement.

The Arab presence in the peninsula left traces not only in language, but also contributed to the art of paving.

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Dropped Off 6/20/2008 Wilwarin placed it in Revnice Středočeský kraj, Czechia - 47.75 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 6/17/2008 Wilwarin grabbed it   Visit Log

My brother gave it to me. So I move it somewhere as soon as posible..
It is nice TB.

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/13/2008 me2d09 retrieved it from Bastecka carodejnice Středočeský kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

Interesting TB, we will move it somewhere else.

Dropped Off 6/6/2008 tcadina placed it in Bastecka carodejnice Středočeský kraj, Czechia - 47.05 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/6/2008 tcadina retrieved it from KUTNA HORA - V HUTICH Středočeský kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

nice TB

Dropped Off 6/5/2008 suhajici placed it in KUTNA HORA - V HUTICH Středočeský kraj, Czechia - 6.76 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/4/2008 suhajici retrieved it from Stitarska/Cena utechy Středočeský kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

Original TB

Dropped Off 5/30/2008 Dryjak placed it in Stitarska/Cena utechy Středočeský kraj, Czechia - 20.03 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/17/2008 Dryjak retrieved it from Krkanka Pardubický kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

It is very interested TB. It will move to another place soon.
Thanks . ... . .

Dropped Off 5/11/2008 Tom-sv650 placed it in Krkanka Pardubický kraj, Czechia - 18.9 miles  Visit Log
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