While everyone (well, everyone who emails them to me) knows of the work of Julian Beever and his "3D pavement art", the correct term is 'trompe-l'oeil' or 'trick of the eye' and it also encompasses murals and graffiti to a certain extent. The history of this technique goes back a long way and there are some famous examples in fine art galleries around the world.
Wikipedia with some examples here.
My favourites are on the site here. Unless I am missing it somehow, my one criticism of the site is that it could do with a map of the pictures rather than pictures linked to a map... but wait.. there on the left is 'Geolocation'. I am sure there are a lot missing from this site. Brussels alone has numerous ones not on this list and Germany (particularly Bavaria to the Alps) has many villages with wall murals. Perhaps someone can point the site owner to others.
For example, John Pugh... here. Ron Francis here. There are many, many, more.
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