Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
en calades
English translation:
calade = Provencal for streets paved with stones laid edgewise
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Carol Gullidge
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feature of the alleyways of Provence
Mémoire douce des temps anciens, la pierre naturelle est l’un des matériaux majeurs de l’artisanat traditionnel.
Dans les cours ombragées au pavement de granit et les ruelles de Provence *****en calades******, la pierre érodée s’anime de chaleur ou de fraîcheur ambiante.
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The text is in fact not about tourism, but about interior decorating!
I can't even find the word "calade" in my monolingue, so guess that it could be dialect (?). Whatever, does anyone know what this is?
Many thanks.
Dans les cours ombragées au pavement de granit et les ruelles de Provence *****en calades******, la pierre érodée s’anime de chaleur ou de fraîcheur ambiante.
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The text is in fact not about tourism, but about interior decorating!
I can't even find the word "calade" in my monolingue, so guess that it could be dialect (?). Whatever, does anyone know what this is?
Many thanks.
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| 5 +3 | calade = Provencal for streets paved with stones laid edgewise |
French Foodie
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| 3 +1 | pebble-paved paths, lanes, |
Brigitte Albert (X)
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| 4 | cobblestone/cobbled |
Sheila Wilson
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calade = Provencal for streets paved with stones laid edgewise
Know this because I live on one of these very streets, not in Gordes but nearby :-)
http://www.villageterraneo.org/an/gordes.htm
Lying 40 km east of Avignon and 100 km from Marseille, the hill village of Gordes can be seen from a winding road lined with dry-stone walls. Built on the southern slopes of the Monts de Vaucluse facing the Luberon Mountain, this municipality of 2,000 inhabitants, has an exceptional heritage of stone buildings. Cave houses, constructions built up the rock face, small terraced gardens, a multitude of "calades" (the word in Provencal for streets paved with stones which have been laid edgewise) and vaulted passageways, characterise the historic centre. It is dominated by a church, originally of Romanesque style which was rebuilt in the 18th century, and a Renaissance castle with its Gallo-Roman foundations, where the town hall and the museum of the contemporary Flemish painter, Pol Mara may be found.
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A note for Brigitte, since I don't have enough room below.
I agree in principle with the idea of pebble-paving in decoration and landscaping - you often see it done on walkways and garden paths here in Provence and they are certainly pebble-sized stones. But the stones used traditionally in the calade streets were "galets" taken from the Rhone, and are larger than what I consider a pebble to be.
http://www.villageterraneo.org/an/gordes.htm
Lying 40 km east of Avignon and 100 km from Marseille, the hill village of Gordes can be seen from a winding road lined with dry-stone walls. Built on the southern slopes of the Monts de Vaucluse facing the Luberon Mountain, this municipality of 2,000 inhabitants, has an exceptional heritage of stone buildings. Cave houses, constructions built up the rock face, small terraced gardens, a multitude of "calades" (the word in Provencal for streets paved with stones which have been laid edgewise) and vaulted passageways, characterise the historic centre. It is dominated by a church, originally of Romanesque style which was rebuilt in the 18th century, and a Renaissance castle with its Gallo-Roman foundations, where the town hall and the museum of the contemporary Flemish painter, Pol Mara may be found.
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A note for Brigitte, since I don't have enough room below.
I agree in principle with the idea of pebble-paving in decoration and landscaping - you often see it done on walkways and garden paths here in Provence and they are certainly pebble-sized stones. But the stones used traditionally in the calade streets were "galets" taken from the Rhone, and are larger than what I consider a pebble to be.
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| thanks so much for this speedy and lovely response! And what a lovely place to live... |
| thanks so much for this speedy and lovely answer! And what a lovely place to live... |
Peer comment(s):
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marie-christine périé
: yes, see here also http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calade
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thanks marie-christine
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Susan Spier (X)
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thanks bluebird5
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Cervin
: ..one of my favourite places-I visit it often.
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Hi Cervin! thanks
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pebble-paved paths, lanes,
Is, as far as I can tell, decorative paving with natural pebbles
Maçonnerie & Décoration Paysagère Provençale - Calade - Taille de ...
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Stéphane Goron, Paysagiste en Provence, Calade, Tailleur de Pierres, Maçonnerie Décorative et Paysagère, Botaniste est diplomé de l'Ecole Méditéranéenne des ...
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this is an English-language site
http://pebblepaving.com/PhotoGallery.htm
If you google pebble paving you will find a lot of sites having to do with gardening and outdoor decorating.
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Greek pebble paving
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:jrBKMe4bqxkJ:www.tinosis...|lang_fr
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Pebble-paved streets in Provence
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:y0Wcjb7TE9oJ:www.provenc...|lang_fr
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It's understandable, because Estoublon is particularly enchanting, with its superb low houses built from the local yellow stone, its old wash houses with tiled roofs, its pebble-paved side streets, clean and quiet (cars are prohibited!) with the occasional hump-back! Estoublon is surprising as it is picturesque, exuding an agreeable feeling of intimacy, and will enchant you for sure.
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A note for Mara: thanks Mara, it's clear when you can see the stones themselves! Ah, Provence, makes me think of all the gorgeous tastes and aromas. Chanceuse! :-)
Maçonnerie & Décoration Paysagère Provençale - Calade - Taille de ...
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Stéphane Goron, Paysagiste en Provence, Calade, Tailleur de Pierres, Maçonnerie Décorative et Paysagère, Botaniste est diplomé de l'Ecole Méditéranéenne des ...
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-10-04 11:42:26 GMT)
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this is an English-language site
http://pebblepaving.com/PhotoGallery.htm
If you google pebble paving you will find a lot of sites having to do with gardening and outdoor decorating.
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-10-04 11:45:46 GMT)
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Greek pebble paving
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:jrBKMe4bqxkJ:www.tinosis...|lang_fr
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-10-04 11:47:48 GMT)
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Pebble-paved streets in Provence
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:y0Wcjb7TE9oJ:www.provenc...|lang_fr
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-04 13:23:27 GMT)
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It's understandable, because Estoublon is particularly enchanting, with its superb low houses built from the local yellow stone, its old wash houses with tiled roofs, its pebble-paved side streets, clean and quiet (cars are prohibited!) with the occasional hump-back! Estoublon is surprising as it is picturesque, exuding an agreeable feeling of intimacy, and will enchant you for sure.
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A note for Mara: thanks Mara, it's clear when you can see the stones themselves! Ah, Provence, makes me think of all the gorgeous tastes and aromas. Chanceuse! :-)
Peer comment(s):
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French Foodie
: agree with pebble-paving for landscaping, decoration, but not in reference to the actual streets, since the stones generally used are larger than pebbles.//see my added note :-)
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Thank you Mara. Please check this quote from the last website; that is where I got the reference. What do you think?
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cobblestone/cobbled
I've always known them as cobbled or made of cobblestones, and there are certainly a lot of references to them, with some in Provence, such as this rather nice picture:
Baux-de-Provence Town Village visit - by Provence Beyond
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Towns and Villages in Provence, Cote d'Azur and Alps of the South of France ... The village area is a stone and cobblestone medieval village time-warped to ...
www.beyond.fr/villages/baux.html
As a Google definition states, cobbles are rather larger than pebbles - I don't think anyone would want to pave a whole village by laying individual pebbles.
Baux-de-Provence Town Village visit - by Provence Beyond
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Towns and Villages in Provence, Cote d'Azur and Alps of the South of France ... The village area is a stone and cobblestone medieval village time-warped to ...
www.beyond.fr/villages/baux.html
As a Google definition states, cobbles are rather larger than pebbles - I don't think anyone would want to pave a whole village by laying individual pebbles.
Peer comment(s):
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French Foodie
: I agree with cobblestone in general, but if asker wants to get technical, calade is a specific kind of cobblestone (laid edgewise, not rounded). As http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobblestone shows, there are different kinds of cobblestone//Exactly! :-)
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I wouldn't disagree with your comment - calade to be technical, cobblestones for a quaint image, but not pebbles
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