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"Old streets of Lisbon" #4
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Tiles above doorways...
This little poignant panel of tiles depict the Virgin Mary and Patron Saints such as Saint Anthony and Saint Marcal and we could find lots of them, years ago, in many houses of Alfama. Perhaps this seems to you an insignificant feature, but it is not indeed, it`s our patrimony we are loosing...
TILES=AZULEJOS, are the quintessence of Portugal, have become over the centuries a major decorative feature around the country and it seems this was an inheritance of the Moors! The term “azulejo” comes from “azul”, Arabic “lapis lazuli” a semiprecious blue stone of which origin suppose to be Mesopotamia.
Today a great effort is being made in order to maintain its soul and there’s a factory named “Sao Simao Arte” that only produces “azulejos” in the old style.
This is a subject that I would like to share with you in the near future.
published:
Sun 26 Sep 2004 14:30
comments (15 from 47)
Andre
#1
Sun 26 Sep 2004 14:33
E e muito bem vindo Melo, e de facto um adorno bastante apreciado por portugueses e galegos, existem pecas de uma beleza indescritivel.
Mais um belo momento fotografico seu.
Grande abraco e continuacao de BFDS!
Andre
Madzia
#3
Sun 26 Sep 2004 14:52
Lovely composition 
!
Val S
#5
Sun 26 Sep 2004 15:10
It is healthy taken off !!!
A. Girao
#6
Sun 26 Sep 2004 15:35
This theme on the old streets of Lisbon besides they be well documented with beautiful pictures our friend Luquesio also accompanies them with wonderful descriptive texts, some other reports merely elucidating.
The house work this very well made my friend, congratulations with this work.
Um abraco
Remi Aerts
#8
Sun 26 Sep 2004 15:36
nice done!!!
regards
remi
GREAT!!!!!
Congrats.
vc estб fazendo um grande trabalho de reportagem....
um guia de turismo.
um bom domingo pra vc amigo.
thoranto
#10
Sun 26 Sep 2004 17:50
Very nice picture Luquesio and interesting story. And yes I agree, it’s sad if one is losing ones patrimony. So many people just don’t care today.
With many thanks and best regards.
miguel
#11
Sun 26 Sep 2004 18:06
Estas calcadas lisboetas sao do melhor. A foto esta muito bem conseguida. Mais um excelente documento Luquesio. Abracos.
Igor Rabovolik
#12
Sun 26 Sep 2004 18:29
Perfectly! Very beautiful work.
With many thanks and best regards
KostasAu
#13
Sun 26 Sep 2004 18:46
excellent shot, well done!
Sarah Lombart
#18
Sun 26 Sep 2004 22:49
Splendid azulejos! You`re right:let`s protect history of our countries!
great homage and shot,
best regards,
Sarah.
HASSAN V.
#19
Sun 26 Sep 2004 23:16
Prefect my friend.
Best Regards
