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Cardo
North–south street in ancient Roman cities / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Cardo (disambiguation).
A cardo (pl.: cardines) was a north–south street in Ancient Roman cities and military camps as an integral component of city planning. The cardo maximus, or most often the cardo,[1] was the main or central north–south-oriented street.
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