Azulejo (Portuguese: [ɐzuˈle(j)ʒu, ɐzuˈlɐjʒu], Spanish: [aθuˈlexo]; from the Arabic الزليج, al-zillīj) is a form of Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed...
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The Museu Nacional do Azulejo (Portuguese for National Museum of the Azulejo), occasionally known in English as the National Tile Museum, is an art museum...
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The Casa de los Azulejos ("House of Tiles") or Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba (Palace of the Counts of Valley of Orizaba) is an 18th-century...
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The Casa de Azulejo (English: "House of Azulejos") is a 19th-century historic home in the Saúde neighborhood in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It was built in...
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1715, but no reference to a period of construction or completion. The azulejo tile was applied to the church in 1730 by Policarpo de Oliveira Bernardes...
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Casa de Pilatos (category Buildings and structures with azulejos in Andalusia)
different azulejo (Spanish glazed tile) designs made in the 1530s by the brothers Diego and Juan Pulido, one of the largest early-modern azulejo collections...
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Chapel of Santa Catarina (category Buildings and structures with azulejos in Portugal)
the city of Porto, in Portugal. It is particularly noted for the blue azulejo tiles on its exterior walls. The chapel had its origins in an old wooden...
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São Bento railway station (category Buildings and structures with azulejos in Portugal)
architect José Marques da Silva. The large panels of around twenty thousand azulejo tiles (551 square meters) were designed and painted by Jorge Colaço. The...
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of this parish that hides treasures such as the National Museum of the Azulejo or the Palacio do Grilo. Belém is famous as the place from which many of...
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Maria Keil (section Azulejos/Lisbon Metro)
and diversified work that included painting, drawing and illustration, azulejo tiles, graphic and furniture design, tapestry and scenography. Particularly...
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November 1940. The facade, main entrance and fish market contain traditional Azulejo (panels of tiles) depicting regional themes, executed by João Rodrigues...
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Pinhão railway station (category Buildings and structures with azulejos in Portugal)
District. The station is a tourist attraction, particularly notable for its azulejo tiles. A law of 2 July 1867 authorised the government to build and operate...
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Tomás Taveira is also noteworthy, particularly for stadium design. The azulejo is a mainstream, typical element among Portugal's traditional building...
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1942) was a Portuguese painter specially known for his works as tile (azulejo) painter. Jorge Colaço was born in Tangier, Morocco, the son of a Portuguese...
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for walls. Azulejos were also used in Latin American architecture. Quadra (architecture) of St. John the Baptist covered with azulejos in carpet style...
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artists decorated the interior of the building with paintings and tile (azulejo) panels. The inner arena is 50 m long and 17 m wide, and was used for training...
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Ponce, and many others who had come with them. There is a commemorative azulejo mural of the battle in São Bento railway station. In Arcos de Valdevez...
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Convent in Lisbon, Portugal contained a previously unknown, large panoramic azulejo depicting Queen Ketavan's martyrdom in Persia. The scenes were based on...
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and church in Lisbon, Portugal, which houses the National Museum of the Azulejo. It is classified as a National Monument. Located in Xabregas (formerly...
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Azulejos : Semanário Ilustrado de Ciências, Letras e Artes (Portuguese for "Titles: Weekly Illustrations of Sciences, Arts and Letters") was a review published...
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Azulejo tile image of Brites de Almeida killing Castilian soldiers...
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decorative (and functional) wrought iron gratings and the tiles known as azulejos. Landscaping—both for common private homes and homes on a more lavish scale—also...
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Fuente de los Azulejos is an unusual rock formation on the island of Gran Canaria. The name literally means "fountain of tiles", because of the colour...
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Plaza de España, Seville (category Buildings and structures with azulejos in Andalusia)
The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza in the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain. It was built in 1928 for...
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Palace of Mafra, Mafra, Portugal, by João Frederico Ludovice, 1717–1755 Azulejo in the cloisters of the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, Portugal...
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Bill Shipsey (section Azulejo murals)
began to work with internationally recognised Azulejo maker Viuva Lamego in Lisbon to produce Azulejo murals, the traditional Portuguese majolica glazed...
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Azulejo tile image of Brites de Almeida killing Castilian soldiers...
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Resistance and Liberty National Museum of Archaeology National Museum of the Azulejo National Coach Museum National Museum of Ancient Art National Museum of...
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Casa Batlló (category Buildings and structures with azulejos in Catalonia)
Casa Batlló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə βəˈʎːo] ) is a building in the center of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí, and is considered...
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based on plans by architect José Marques da Silva. The large panels of azulejo tile were designed by Jorge Colaço; the murals represent moments in the...
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