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THE PORTUGUESE PAVEMENT OR PORTUGUESE MOSAIC OR CALÇADA-MOSAICO IS THE ESTABLISHED NAME OF A CERTAIN TYPE OF FLOOR COVERING USED ESPECIALLY IN THE PAVING OF PAVEMENTS, PUBLIC SPACES, AND PRIVATE SPACES, IN GENERAL. THIS TYPE OF PAVEMENT IS WIDELY USED IN PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES. IT BEGINS ON 20 AUGUST 1498 AND 8 MAY 1500 WITH ROYAL LETTERS SIGNED BY KING MANOEL I.

In Ottoman times, Kastoria attracted a mass of people from all over the Balkans and beyond, resulting in a diverse, multi-ethnic community. The different ethnic communities, Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek and Jewish, were centred around separate neighbourhoods or 'quarters'. Two old lakeside Greek neighbourhoods "Doltso" and "Apozari" are among the best-preserved and last remaining traditional quarters of the city. Especially “Doltso” - with its cobbled alleys and streets - is characterised by historic traditional mansions so called archontika - and houses, built between the 17th and 19th centuries by wealthy Kastorian furriers. During this time, the processing and exporting of animal furs created wealth in Kastoria. Some of these mansions nowadays houses museums and hotels.