This cobblestone street is Pedro de Valdivia Avenue, named after the Spanish conquistador (conqueror) who, between other important things, was the first royal governor of Chile and the founder of Santiago. This street was paved with cobblestones in 1930, along with the construction of houses and the installation of street lights.Some nice cobblestone-covered streets in old districts in Santiago have been paved over with asphalt. Most people think that these old streets should be preserved, because of their beauty and durability. I'm one of them.
I hope they can preserve the streets as they are. I hate seeing all the old things being torn down or covered up all in the name of progress.
ReplyDeleteNice shot.
I love the perspective - nice job!
ReplyDeletetu as pris des risques pour prendre cette photo, j'espere qu'il n'y avait pas trop de voitures ;o) j'aime beaucoup l'angle de cette photo
ReplyDeleteyou took risks to take this photograph, I hope that there were not too many cars; O) I like much the angle of this photograph
Crazy to asphalt over such lovely old stone.
ReplyDeleteyes, I vote for that as well! such a shame if we have to lose this unique street!
ReplyDeleteYes, i agre with you, we must preserve the city identity... those are beautiful and give a nice detail to the street :)
ReplyDeleteas a landscape architect i'm totally agree with you!! Those cobblestones are belong to those old streets. Next week i will show you on my blog also some dutch cobblestones
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I agree. It's important to preserve these special works from the past.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo! I love cobbled roads.
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Great shot! I love cobblestone streets. We have very few of them here in Minnesota. They are tough on snow plows!
ReplyDeleteI live on santiago.. and the cobblestone streets are the only ones that don't have holes.. :)
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