“In Portugal, the Tile is one of the strongest expressions of the country’s culture and certainly one of its most original contributions to the world artistic heritage.
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The tradition of tiles in Portugal is rich and uninterrupted, since its application between us began in the 15th century - remember the Royal Palace of Sintra. Its use is a permanence in Portuguese culture and any traveler is constantly confronted with its presence, both in historical specimens and in contemporaries who demonstrate that the tile in Portugal is not a static heritage, but a living art.”
João Castel-Branco Pereira
Director of the National Tile Museum
December, 1997
discoveries tiles
single figure
18th century angels
Birds
aresta viva
corda seca
