Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Azulejos Benadresa has released Medici, a range of tiles informed by the characteristic striations of Calacatta marble. The Medici collection is named after the House of ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: senorcampesino/iStock Wander through the streets of Seville or Porto, and you'll find yourself immersed in a world of color ...

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 ...

Since the 13th century, artists have been reinventing the art form that covers churches, palaces and train stations Dena Levitz From a few steps back, the artfully painted panorama of Lisbon at the ...

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 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. If there was only one word to describe Lisbon, that word would be "shimmering". But it's not the ...

Tiles are continuing to have quite the moment. Alix Walker dives into their aesthetically pleasing, highly ‘grammable world. Foot selfies with cobalt blue, canary yellow and gold-flecked azulejos ...