Editing Mosaic (section)

===Calçada Portuguesa===
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[[File:CopacabanaPavement.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro)]]]]
Portuguese pavement (in [[Portuguese Language|Portuguese]], ''Calçada Portuguesa'') is a kind of two-tone stone mosaic paving created in Portugal, and common throughout the [[Lusosphere]]. Most commonly taking the form of geometric patterns from the simple to the complex, it also is used to create complex pictorial mosaics in styles ranging from iconography to classicism and even modern design. In Portuguese-speaking countries, many cities have a large amount of their sidewalks and even, though far more occasionally, streets done in this mosaic form. [[Lisbon]] in particular maintains almost all walkways in this style.<ref>{{cite web |title=Portuguese Pavements A Calçada Portuguesa |url=http://www.lisbonlux.com/culture/calcada-portuguesa.html |publisher=Lisbon Lux |access-date=29 July 2015 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127000000/http://www.lisbonlux.com/culture/calcada-portuguesa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Despite its prevalence and popularity throughout Portugal and its former colonies, and its relation to older art and architectural styles like [[Azulejo]], Portuguese and Spanish painted tilework, it is a relatively young mosaic artform, its first definitive appearance in a modernly recognizable form being in the mid-1800s. Among the most commonly used stones in this style are [[basalt]] and [[limestone]].
<!--[[File:Sunset at Liberty Square - Oil on canvas - 2012.jpg|thumb|Sunset at Liberty Square, 2012, Oil on canvas, 40x28 inches]] not a mosaic!-->