Tiles in West Region

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Tiles

Portuguese hand painted glazed tiles are one of the best examples of a unique Portuguese art, heritage of the Arabic culture in the Iberian Peninsula and developed into a particular Portuguese style.

This art is famous all over the world for its quality and beauty .

Tiles are everywhere in our region - the West

You can find them:

• in the town in Torres Vedras

Saint Gonçalo,the patron of the town in Graça`s Augustinian monastery in Torres Vedras

• at small villages

A windmill on a wall of a country house

• on the beach in Santa Cruz

Our Lady of Fátima in a house in Santa Cruz

Azulejos da cidade,
numa parede ou num banco,
são ladrilhos da saudade
vestida de azul e branco.


Tiles of the city,
in a wall or a bench,
they are tiles of “saudade”
dressed in blue and white

Excerpt  of   Fado dos Azulejos
Carlos do Carmo