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Rome Travel Guide 🇮🇹 on Instagram: "Explanation here below ⤵️ Rome’s legendary cobblestone streets aren’t just pavement – they’re handmade art. ✨ Each basalt block (called sampietrino) is carefully set by skilled artisans, following centuries-old traditions that make the Eternal City so unique. 🇮🇹 💡 Fun fact: The name “sampietrini” comes from the workers who once paved St. Peter’s Square. Their craft shaped not only the Vatican, but the very streets of Rome. Did you ever think these stones