These are some of the 19th century tiles you can find on the building walls at the main street crossing Oeiras downtown.The portuguese word for tile is azulejo after the arabic al zulej, meaning polished stone. Arabs invaded the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century and many words have been adapted.
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superbe série de vieilles céramiques, toute une époque, elles sont très belles.
superb series of old ceramics, an era, they are beautiful.
Beautiful collection of tiles you're showing off here JM. The second one from the bottom has colours similar to the ones we have here.
Those are wonderful art!
They are lovely JM! So many colors!
A beautiful mosaic of old tiles! Stunning!
WOW! These are so intricate! They could be prints.
Yes they are beautiful. I can't resist them, though I've never been to Portugal (yet!) I have been known to scour Spanish antiques shops on the lookout for small tiles...
What an amazing collection of tiles! So colorful and unique.
Everyone of them are simply beautiful! I love them all & would never be able to pick just one as a favorite - who could?!!!
The tiles are beautiful , can't choose the one i like best !!!
Love these tiles. I can't pick a favorite. THey are all wonderful. Thanks for letting us see so many JM!
These are just beautiful and so many colors and shapes. I love this kind of tile work.
Portuguese tiles are the most beautiful in the world. These are wonderful
They look amazing collected like that.
Very interesting. I'm concerned that so many beautiful things like these tiles aren't being created anymore.
nice series!
love all of those
answering your question
yes. same path, same people, same day:)
Each tile has its own beauty if we just look at it closely.
oh wow! so bright and beautiful!
Oh, JM, what a treat for my eyes! I love tiles like these! I had lemon-themed tiled walls put in my kitchen when we moved into this house. thanks for this post!
What a fabulous idea doing up a mosiac of mosiacs. The tiles a stunning.
I adore these. The detail and colours are terrific and a reminder that the past is often so much better.
^-^ Beautiful! ^-^
They are simple yet beautiful :)
the azulejos are just beautiful in Portugal. We brought back many tiles and ceramics from Portugal and I love looking at them in my house.
I wish we had an affordable tile industry here. I would tile everything!
This is a great post. The close-ups on the tiles are wonderful.
I finally learned the meaning of Azulejos!!
What a beautiful collection you show us!
I love decorative tile patterns - these are amazing!
I have looked at these tile photo before, but I enjoyed them again today. I love azulejos.
Tiles are indeed a special thing in Portugal. When I went to Portugal I really like them a lot and it was hard to decide which should I include in my photos - they were everywhere!
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