A tradition dating back centuries survives in Portugal as artists and companies fill private and public commissions for the celebrated designs. Azulejos can be seen all over the Portuguese capital of ...

Wander through the streets of Seville or Porto, and you'll find yourself immersed in a world of color and intricate patterns. Elaborately painted tiles, called azulejos, adorn churches, palaces, train ...

Elaborately-painted Portuguese tiles, called azulejos, fell out of favour in the early 20th Century. But Lisbon today is embracing the art in its murals, museums and metro stations. The blue-and-white ...

Portugal’s stunning ceramic tiles aren’t just for decoration. They’re pieces of history, and they’re also energy-efficient. Visitors to Lisbon, Portugal, appreciate the Convento de Madre de Deus, a ...

Marisa Ferreira and Alba Plaza are running out of time. They're on a crusade to catalog and preserve Portugal's historic Azulejo tiles, and they can't keep up with the destruction. In a second-floor ...

Since the 13th century, artists have been reinventing the art form that covers churches, palaces and train stations Made Possible Through the Support of Dena Levitz From a few steps back, the artfully ...

On April 4, the Adamson-Eric Museum in Tallinn's Old Town opened an exhibition of Portuguese ceramic tiles, or azulejos, in Estonia for the first time. The exhibition "Azulejos: The Pearls of Portugal ...

LISBON (AFP) - Gaping holes on the crumbling walls of an abandoned palace in the heart of Lisbon mark where decorative ceramic tiles have been yanked off, to the displeasure of passing tourists.

I regularly travel to Portugal, and every trip revives an ongoing dilemma: Do I love or hate all those azulejos, the distinctive ceramic tiles the Portuguese use to cover anything from church chapels ...

LISBON (Reuters Life!) - A Moorish legacy, priceless pieces of Portuguese history and the finest examples of an Iberian art form have been vanishing from public buildings, palaces and museums across ...

“What’s it called? Raio que o parta?! Good Lord… Heaven forbid!” That was the reaction of a resident of Santarém (Pará) upon learning that the colorful mosaic on the facades of some neighborhood ...

Gaping holes on the crumbling walls of an abandoned palace in the heart of Lisbon mark where decorative ceramic tiles have been yanked off, to the displeasure of passing tourists. Thieves are swiping ...