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 ...

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 ...

Sitting on a nondescript corner of Porto, allegorical scenes of strife and triumph dance across the facade of Igreja do Carmo in exuberant fashion. From afar, it appears to be a painted mural, ...

Portugal, a country I visited recently, scores well on the tile-o-meter. Its imaginative use of azulejo tiles — also common in neighbouring Spain — inspired me to dig into the history of the country’s ...

ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of images featuring the Portuguese ceramic tile work known as Azulejo opened at the Satrang gallery on Tuesday. Titled ‘Art of Azulejo in Portugal’, the event was hosted by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. If there was only one word to describe Lisbon, that word would be "shimmering". But it's not the warm European sun that gives the ...

This story appears in the February 2021 issue of National Geographic magazine. In an obscure alleyway near Lisbon’s Alcântara neighborhood, the Fábrica Sant’Anna has been producing azulejos—the ...