Cardo
A cardo is a North-South road axis in a Roman city or Gallo-Roman. The cardo was a principal street in the middle of the economic life of the city. cardo means “axis”, from there comes the expression “points cardinal”.
With crossed cardo and Decumanus, one generally found the forum. When there are several axes of the same type in a city, one distinguishes most important by the denomination cardo maximus .
Cardo of Jerusalem
An example of cardo is that of the antique Jerusalem. After the repression of the Jewish revolution of 70 by the troops of Titus, Jerusalem was renamed colony Ælia Capitolina and the new plans of the city incorporated an active cardo with colonnade of north in the south. This cardo forms still today part of the town of Jerusalem.
Cardo de Lutèce
The cardo maximus of the Gallo-Roman city of Lutèce (Paris) (which was located in current the Latin Quarter), is found today in the layout of the streets which led to Orleans: street Saint-Jacob, Street of the Suburb-Saint-Jacques and Rue of Falls-Issoire.
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