Apr 24, 2024
The beautiful baroque azulejo panel from the Convent of Saint Anthony, in Alter do Chão. The panel is from the XVIII Century, but the church itself is from the previous century.
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The beautiful baroque azulejo panel from the Convent of Saint Anthony, in Alter do Chão. The panel is from the XVIII Century, but the church itself is from the previous century.
I know they can be a touch tacky sometimes, but I quite like these azulejo panels with typical rural scenes. They are, basically, a memorial of an Alentejo and a Portugal that no longer exist as such - they are like a photography of long-gone decades, but with an extra layer of charm.
I found this panel in the small town of Crato.
The rural world represented in a tiles panel that I found in the village of Alter Pedroso. And I must confess that I like these tiles (azulejo) panels with scenes from the rural world as it was not long ago.
A tiles panel in Olhão representing the arrival of the Portuguese royal family to Rio de Janeiro, after the invasion of Continental Portugal by the Napoleon troops. The arrival happened in the 8th March 1808.
With the transference of the the Portuguese court to Brazil, that means that, between 1808 and 1821, Rio de Janeiro was the de facto capital of Portugal.
This beautiful tiles panel is a good reminder that Olhão will always be a fishing town, no matter what the future brings.
“Don't forget, by night, to ponder all the good deeds you have done and the bad ones that you could have avoided.”
Found in Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal.
Tiles panels with religious motifs in Alpalhão: Saint Joseph (with the Baby Jesus), Saint John the Baptist (with the Agnus Dei), Saint Anthony (also with the Baby Jesus), Our Lady of Fatima (with the three shepherds: Francico, Jacinta and Lúcia)... and I am not 100% sure about the last one, but I think it is Our Lady of Ascension.
This tiles panel represents one of the most important activities in the entire Alentejo region: the olives' harvest. Obviously, this scene represents how the harvest used to be done in the olden days - nowadays, it's a bit different, for sure.
Where did I find this beauty? On the facade of a house in the village of Alpalhão.