Azulejos means "tile" in Spanish. From the Islamic architecture of the Moors in the Alhambra in Granada to the more modern day green 'subway' tiles on a building in Porto to the tiles that tell the history of Pinhao on the Douro River in Portugal we admired beautiful, colourful and artistic tiles everywhere we traveled.
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| Our room sign at the Plaza Nuevo Hotel in Granada, Spain |
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| Islamic tiles in the 9th Century Alhambra in Granada |
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| Ceiling tiles in the 12th Century Kasbah, Tangier, Morocco |
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| Moorish tiles in the 16th Century Real Alcazar, Seville |
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Tribute to Barcelona at the Plaza de Espana, Seville
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| House sign in Salema, Portugal |
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| Painted tiles on an apartment in Lisbon, Portugal |
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| 'Subway' tiles on a building in Porto, Portugal |
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| Ornate Islamic Tiles in the Palacio da Bolsa, Porto, Portugal |
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| Tiles depicting the landscape of Pinhao, Portugal on the side of the Train Station |
1 comment:
I recognize some of those tiles!!! having been in Sevilla in early September. First to a writers' retreat near Aracena an hour + northwest of Sevilla in Andalucian mountains. LOVE that country. LOVE that city.
My travelling companion had not been to the Real Alcazar before, only to Al Hambra. She said it was every bit as magnificent, and far less crowded.
I'm the scout for my husband, so next time Spain and Portugal, too.
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