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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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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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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Azulejos : Semanário Ilustrado de Ciências, Letras e Artes (Portuguese for "Tiles: Weekly Illustrations of Sciences, Arts and Letters") was a review published...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Braga Cathedral Treasure (section Azulejos)
Portugal. It comprises five collections: Treasure, Carving, Statuary, Azulejos, and Bells. The treasure contains a wealth of precious items: Clothing...
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Natasha Moraga (section Parque de los Azulejos)
Puerto Vallarta, and is currently working on a project (Parque de los Azulejos) to completely cover the Lázaro Cárdenas Park in tiles. Her work method...
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13th-century Convent of the Carmelite Nuns. The walls are decorated in azulejo tiles. The Façade is neoclassic but maintains a later portal. It contains...
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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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Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa (section Azulejos)
hoping to produce heirs. In commemoration of the marriage a composition of azulejo tiles by Fernando Loyaza, known as the Talavera de la Reina, was installed...
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Lázaro Cárdenas Park (redirect from Parque de los Azulejos)
is completing an art project called Tile Park (Spanish: Parque de los Azulejos). Statue of Lázaro Cárdenas, 2023 Tile benches, 2023 "Lazaro Cardenas Parking...
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choreographies, and worked on tapestry, engraving, murals, caricature, mosaic, azulejo and stained glass. His mother died in 1896. In 1900 he entered a Jesuit...
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beach and harbour) and the small chapel (decorated with 17th-century azulejos tile). Until the late 20th century, the fort was used as a service depot...
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features a retable by the Italian artist Nicolau Nasoni and a façade of 1932 azulejo tilework. The church is named in honour of the Visigoth, Ildephonsus of...
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Azulejo tile image of Brites de Almeida killing Castilian soldiers...
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century. The Franciscan church and convent have the largest number of azulejos, 55,000, of any church in Latin America. The convent and its church are...
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