The azulejo – a kind of painted, tin-glazed ceramic tile – has a rich and diverse history. Since its invention on the Iberian Peninsula seven centuries ago, it has drawn influences from Moorish ...

How Those Colorful Azulejo Tiles Are Made. ... To prove his point he singled out a blue and white mural on the wall of Mickey Mouse “from Walt Disney’s office in Lisbon.” ...

For instance, Porto’s São Bento Railway Station is filled with murals made up of more than 20,000 azulejo tiles, all designed and painted by artist Jorge Colaço in the 1930s.

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.

Famed for its ceramic azulejo tiles, Lisbon is embracing a new wave of street-art stars and graffiti artists 'Driving force' Alexandre Farto, who goes by the name Vhils, runs the Portuguese ...

A new public mural at Point Loma’s Portuguese Hall pays homage to the local Portuguese community’s legacy. With an easily visible location on an exterior wall of the building at 2818 Avenida ...