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	== Stone Pavement ==		== Stone Pavement ==
	The [[Stone Pavement]] seen in the majority of [[Streets]] in Venice today are paved almost entirly of [[Masegni]]. These [[Masegni]] stones started being used to pave [[Streets]] in 1676.<ref>G. Tassini, ''Curiosita Venezia'', (6th edition, 1931)</ref> [[Masegni]] make up about 90% of stones used in pavements.		The [[Stone Pavement]] seen in the majority of [[Streets]] in Venice today are paved almost entirly of [[Masegni]]. These [[Masegni]] stones started being used to pave [[Streets]] in 1676.<ref>G. Tassini, ''Curiosita Venezia'', (6th edition, 1931)</ref> [[Masegno\|Masegni]] make up about 90% of stones used in pavements.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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The majority of street pavement found in Venice are [[Stone Pavement|Stone Pavements]] however there are still a few remaining walkways paved with [[Brick]]. These [[Brick Pavement|Brick Pavements]] represent under 2% of paved [[Streets]] in Venice. There are also some walkways paved with asphalt but they make up only a fraction of a percentage in comparison to [[Stone Pavement|Stone Pavements]] and [[Brick Pavement|Brick Pavements]].

== Brick Pavement ==
Roads in Venice were initially paved with [[Brick]] beginning in 1264.<ref>G. Tassini, ''Curiosita Venezia'', (6th edition, 1931)</ref> Today these [[Brick Pavement|Brick Pavements]] represent under 2% of paved [[Streets]] in Venice.

== Stone Pavement ==
The [[Stone Pavement]] seen in the majority of [[Streets]] in Venice today are paved almost entirly of [[Masegni]]. These [[Masegni]] stones started being used to pave [[Streets]] in 1676.<ref>G. Tassini, ''Curiosita Venezia'', (6th edition, 1931)</ref> [[Masegni]] make up about 90% of stones used in pavements.

== See Also ==
*[[Street]]
*[[Brick Pavement]]
*[[Stone Pavement]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
Ing. Lorenzo Bottazzo, Nov 2011

==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_(material) Wikipedia article on road surfaces]

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