Part of the museum is the convent s church and on the walls inside you can see incredible examples of how portuguese tiles were used to tell stories.
Lisbon tile walls.
The lisboa tile stencil is a beautiful classic tile stencil design inspired by the portuguese tiles known as azulejos that line the walls of lisbon portugal.
When someone mentions portugal a few things come to mind.
Lisbon s tile museum is housed these days in the building of the former madre de deus convent.
Deeply embedded in portugal s history and culture there are countless wonderful examples of these beautiful tiles.
To this day beautiful tiling can be still found all over the city.
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It s a blue white and red terrace garden built out on a ledge so sit on its wall look out over the water and breathe in.
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The moors introduced elaborate geometric tile work to portugal when they ruled the iberian peninsula.
Port wine lisbon seafood surfing and azulejos even visitors who aren t familiar with the term may see images of these glazed ceramic tiles in their mind s eye.
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The site was chosen because the convent was famous for its stunning displays of azulejo.
But after the reconquista the portuguese no longer bound by muslim laws against depicting figures developed their own style of hand painted tiles called azulejos lisbon façades frequently have expanses of colorful identical azulejos.
Just as the italians love to decorate their walls with painted frescos the portuguese love to create murals and cover surfaces with azulejos tile art.
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Continue along the tracks just round the corner to end of our lisbon tile walk at the beautifully tiled terrace of jardim júlio de castilho.
Use this pretty tile stencil on walls furniture and even tablecloths to bring a mediterranean flair to any room.
Our customers also love using this tile pattern as floor stencils which are great for covering up old linoleum floors.