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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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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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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Pombal, Portugal e a NATO (Portugal and NATO) and A História Do Azulejo (History of Azulejo). Canal História comemora cinco anos de emissões com formatos...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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and released by Plan B Games in 2017. Based on Portuguese tiles called azulejos, in Azul players collect sets of similarly colored tiles which they place...
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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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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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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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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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Azulejo panel by Jorge Colaço at Buçaco Palace, depicting the tournament at Smithfield: "This, from his charger not dismounting flies; that groaneth falling...
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Azulejo tile image of Brites de Almeida killing Castilian soldiers...
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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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macramè. Very used in Genoa is the cobblestone called Risseu and a kind of azulejo called laggioni. Genoa has been likened by many to a Mediterranean New...
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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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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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Pope Saint Anastasius I Bishop of Rome Azulejo of Anastasius I at Santa Catalina College, Trigueros, by Manuel Rodríguez and Pérez de Tudela (1923) Church...
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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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Delgado Villegas, serial killer Mystic Bárbara de Santo Domingo Spain portal Azulejo Cadillac Seville, a car that was named after the city Church of Santa Maria...
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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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