Boules
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Boules, or jeu de boules, is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls as closely as possible to a small target ball
Boules
Boules player, by Paul Gavarni, 1858
Sport boulles à Conand 2016
Petanque Boules on the beach
Bocce
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Bocce, sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci, or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family of games. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to English bowls a
Boules
…Boules (, French pronunciation: ), or jeu de boules, is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls as closely as possible to a small target ball, called the jack. 'Boules' itself is a French…
Bocce players, 2026
An image of bocce embedded in a medieval manuscript
An Argentine family playing bocce in San Vicente, Buenos Aires, c. 1902
Bocce play in Los Gatos, California, United States in 2026