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Stones that pretended to be a road and somehow ruled cities for centuries.
word twistTo cobble means assembling something roughly from spare parts.
rounded by riversTrue cobbles were water-smoothed stones, not cut blocks.
protest weaponPried-up cobbles armed countless European street uprisings.
sport survivorCycling's Paris-Roubaix still tortures riders over ancient cobbles.
buried beneathMany modern roads hide old cobblestone layers underneath.