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Among some Italians, these patterns are known as 'Greek Lines'. Meander motif in the streets of Rhodes (Greece), in pavement made from beach stonesĪ meander or meandros ( Greek: Μαίανδρος) is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif.

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