How a 16th century rhino inspired Portugal's famous pavement art

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How a 16th century rhino inspired Portugal's famous pavement art - BBC REEL

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Жыл бұрын

Beneath the feet of everyone who visits the city of Lisbon, Portugal, lie hidden gems - floor mosaics made with limestone.
Legend has it that in the 1500s, a rhino sent from India, and the first ever seen in Europe, jumpstarted the Portugal pavement art tradition.
True or not, the fact is that this art form may be close to disappearing.
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Narrator: Jemilla Olufeko
Executive Producer: Griesham Taan
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@langbeach Жыл бұрын

Just got back from Lisbon where I spent hours starting down at the pavement designs and picking up loose limestone chunks like they were gemstones… love how the surface gets smooth from decades of people shuffling across it

@TagusMan Жыл бұрын

Portugal 🇵🇹 - the most epic little country on the planet.

@FartSquirel Жыл бұрын

being transformed in the most epic multiculti shithole as we speak.

@PortugalZeroworldcup 6 ай бұрын

Viriato,ferdinand Magellan, Pedro nunes

@anttikuusmetso 6 ай бұрын

Absolutamente de acordo!

@joanofarcxxi Жыл бұрын

Poor Ganda. They should have let him stay in Portugal where he was treated like a king. But I guess he lives on as a part of the Tower Of Belem. 💖 Calceteiros, don't let this beautiful art die.

@Thedarkmamba Жыл бұрын

Great little documentary. A wonderful reel.

@paulacon28 3 ай бұрын

Que calçadas tão lindas! São assim em Salvador da Bahia🇧🇷 Gostaria muito conhecer o Portugal🇵🇹

@gruneldbaksakis7911 22 күн бұрын

Vem conhecer cara linda, tu combinas com Portugal, ambos são lindos!!! Beijo do outro lado do oceano!!❤

@maxasaurus3008 Жыл бұрын

Some of those are jaw-droppers!

@zapfanzapfan Жыл бұрын

Very pretty streets!

@MrJovision Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, how unknown was the world for the Europeans in the XVth and XVIth century. I will never understood those persons that criticize the Discoveries Age, like the world just a few killometers further the tightened limits of any small village, would be unknow and interested forever!!! Like ignorance was a good thing to preserve...

@anttikuusmetso 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks for a nice documental! Love Portugal!

@Smendricx82 Жыл бұрын

Any chance you can provide the direct link to the virtual catalogue of the physial moulds?

@i-dx2ow Жыл бұрын

The mosaic pavements are art, why it is so cheap to make, why not to pay the masters a better rate? Asphalt would be so much cheaper and ugliest, but probable less dangerous for the stilettos...

@joelcardoso3617 Жыл бұрын

I heard: - This work is an art that requires a lot of practise, patience and attention to minuteness in a back breaking position under the sun. - This profession is underpaid and considered low-skilled - why to young people do not feel attracted to this and we're struggling to find new peolpe under the danger this art may die? 🤐😑🙃

@luistheserrano4785 5 ай бұрын

It's sad, but true, there are young people in Portugal without a job, on the dole receiving unemployment benefits and prefer being in that situation rather than having an honest and respectable job like this

@SidK26 6 ай бұрын

Ganda? Wow, "Ganda-mirugam" is Rhinoceros is Tamil (One of the Indian Languages)!! (Basically, mirugam means animal or monster, so you could make out the meaning)

@SidK26 6 ай бұрын

And so is in Hindi - "Gainda". Makes more sense now.

@txexmxiii2125 Жыл бұрын

💗

@suevialania Жыл бұрын

💚❤️🇵🇹👍🏻

@rajdeeproy9741 2 ай бұрын

Wow, a very good art Indeed, Love from India, From where the "Genda" came😁

@mgithaiga1 9 ай бұрын

I would like the Portuguese pavement for my driveway.

@joaomaxado65 Жыл бұрын

Low salaries for the Calceteiros only in Portugal !!! A lot (believe me, a lot) left the country and earn much more in Spain, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Belgium, Canada, US, etc.

@suevialania Жыл бұрын

Where''s the Portuguese pavement in those countries???

@satishpatel5260 Жыл бұрын

Plus in AFRICA 🌍, INDIA 🇮🇳. place GOA,

@joaomaxado65 Жыл бұрын

@@suevialania Mostly in rich private places (homes, hotels, private companies and a few touristic places). More outside Portugal, Brasil and former colonies is very expensive.

@pauvermelho Жыл бұрын

É impressão minha ou o Isaltino (CMO) detesta calçada portuguesa? Sempre que fazem obras nas ruas o gajo tira a calçada

@pauvermelho Жыл бұрын

Gostava de aprender para pôr no meu quintal 😀 Quanto tempo é que dura o curso?

@SolaceEasy Жыл бұрын

Poor title. Disproven in the video.

@4623620 Жыл бұрын

👎 Because I'm hard of hearing I need the english auto translate, but it shows [Music], so these BBC documentaries are useless to me ☹❗

@satishpatel5260 Жыл бұрын

PORTUGAL, VACO DA GAMA,discover AFRICA 🌍 came in MOZAMBIQUE 🇲🇿, ANGOLA 🇦🇴, AFRICA 🌍,,, 👉🇿🇲ZIKHOMO

@satishpatel5260 Жыл бұрын

👉🇿🇲Twhalumbe, Zikhomo 🌍👌

@saragomes6242 Жыл бұрын

Não descobriu África, descobriu sim o caminho marítimo para a Índia

@fernandoruicastrovalente3086 4 ай бұрын

And Índia, Calicut, Goa and Daman/Diu.

@Genny-Zee Жыл бұрын

Is Dua Lipa the narrator of this video? No I’m way off

@guff9567 Жыл бұрын

Those pavements are highly dangerous: old people, people in wheelchairs and people with babies prefer to walk in the road

@jeanlundi2141 Жыл бұрын

Highly dangerous is a gross exageration. And they aren't the only pavements commonly used in cities around the world that can be dangerous sometimes.

@guff9567 Жыл бұрын

@@jeanlundi2141 Let's just stick to Portugal please.

@cxloke_ Жыл бұрын

Allow me to say that no one in Portugal ever finds it dangerous unless they're wearing high heels in the rain. You kinda learn how to walk on it, since every street in the country has it.

@guff9567 Жыл бұрын

@@cxloke_ Idiot. Why don't you just GO THERE ?

@AnaMaria-df6tg Ай бұрын

Séculos de Calçada Portuguesa! E agora é que é perigoso! É aprender a andar!...