Azulejos

Today we went to the National Tile Museum located in a beautiful old convent in Lisbon. Had we taken the organized tour, we would have paid €360 for the both of us. However, we took an Uber to the old convent and paid our senior citizens’ price, and we were able to make the whole trip for €12. The church in the convent was as beautiful as I remember it., and I was gratified that Bette and Joy found the azulejos as beautiful as I remembered them. This ancient art form was brought here by the Muslims in the eighth century. After they were expelled from Portugal, their art forms remained. This museum now displays many types of glazed ceramics made from the time of the Moorish period all the way up to the present.Read more