is this amazing gimish,
of Portuguese artistic talent,
Arabic design
brilliance,
and remarkable Catholic art.
Cultures when mixed,
mutually enrich.
This is Portugal!
Cheers to you from the art that lives inside us all~
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What a joyful post for a Sunday! Hope you’re having a happy day, Cindy 🙂
So happy I added some cheer to your Sunday Jo and be well my friend~ <3
Hi Cindy, these pictures are amazing. Don’t know if you remember me but I worked as your secretary at the Armed Services YMCA (circa 1987-89). I’ve been meaning to look you up to say hello; hope all is well with you and your family!
Oh my gosh! Debbie! Of course I remember you and I am so jazzed to hear from you! I am going to send you an email now. I can’t wait to hear all about you and your family. So very glad to hear from you! <3 <3
Oh that brought back some lovely memories of a romantic trip to Lisbon. Loved the tiles and the curious Arabic feel of Lisbon.
Yes, I love exactly what you are describing!
Outstanding! Such gorgeous colors and elaborate patterns, beautiful.
Yes, this is Portugal! It is so beautiful and so old~
I am thinking of the paints and tiles – how developed was the art centuries ago. Simply amazing.
Yes, I always am really struck by this in Europe. I should post the ancient Moorish palace next. It truly is ancient and oh so airy and wonderful!
Gorgeous and detailed tile work. What patience must have been required to do work like this! Thanks for sharing it here, Cindy.
Yes! Patience, love of beauty and artisan handmade work, things we don’t value enough now~
So amazing! I especially love the blue and white. 🙂 Great captures of this lovely artwork, Cindy.
The blue and white is classically lovely isn’t it~
Wow!
That is what I kept saying when I saw it!
😉
There’s also a lot of Portuguese tile work in Northeast Brazil.
I saw some of it, but would love to see more~
What wonderful light. It would be fantastic to read there.
Or stay there for a long time!
So ornate and beautiful!
Makes me want to head into the middle-east to see more~
Well I’d pass on that right now. But I do understand the desire.
Yes, so unfortunate, because all the beauty is lost to us~
Just exquisite. We’ll probably be in Portugal next summer. Where are these places Cindy, especially the first six photos? I’d like to see them.
Alison
The first six are in Lisbon and Porto. You really would love Aveiro too though! Let me know before you go and I will give the specifics. The first series are in a house in Lisbon that I just wandered into. When you go, I’ll tell you how to do this. I am heading over to your blog now to figure out if you are still in San Miguel~
Beautiful photos and beautiful post!
Awww, beautiful thoughts from a very kind friend~
I am reminded of our stay in Seville, Spain, not very far away geographically or historically. Beauty every where… except the bathroom in a particular restaurant, late one night…. Ah, another tale to be told.
Oscar
Cracking up, thanks for leaving that part out! Seville is gorgeous isn’t it!
These photos are amazing.
Thank you, it’s because Portugal’s architeture and design is amazing!
I’ve never seen anything like it.
Absolutely astounding, Cindy, and also beautiful. Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
I’ve been thinking about you, going over to your blog to see if you post. It doesn’t matter if you have brilliant material to post as you always do, your friends just want to hear from you. So glad you posted and be well cuz~
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Your country’s celebration was so beautiful it defies description. Be well my friend~
The craftsmanship is exquisite! Such detail, so beautiful!
Yes, back when art was a daily community wide endeavor!
The mix of cultures is wonderful and startling. I love how they intersect here. I’ve never been to Lisbon but of course I need to go!
If you enjoy exposure to different cultures and traditions as I do, you will love Portugal~
Oh, I do. Very much.
Liebe Cindy das sind ja wunderschöne Fotos ganz tolle Farben hab einen guten Start in die neue Woche Klaus in Freundschaft
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund Klaus und Frohe neue Woche! <3
I love your last sentence about the culture that lives inside us all. When we can truly embrace the differences in people and cultures, we might come together is peace and love… 🙂
Exactly, as long as there is life there is hope~ <3
Thanks Cindy.
Wow, that’s quite something all that richly-coloured and intricately-patterned tilework. Can you imagine the concentration required for that sort of craftsmanship? I would have enough trouble doing a neat job of tiling a bathroom wall with plain tiles!
Yes, I think it is an artistic endeavour fuled by talent and passion and as you saym lots of patience!
Such beautiful tile! Especially love the blue tile on the buildings. Yes, cultures that mix do enrich!
You will love Portugal then, as the blue and white tile is the most omnipresent~
I LOVE old tile work! magnificent buildings, thanks for sharing, Cindy!
Ahhh, so happy you enjoyed and be well my friend~ <3
I love how they include both curves and straight lines into the environment. And the color is lovely. You can tell it must be hot there.Tile work and winter don’t do as well together.
I never thought of either points, which is why I always love your comments Brenda~ <3
I love seeing the Moorish influences. When I went to Barcelona, the tile work made me swoon.
Such intricate beauty. 🙂 I have 2 coffee mugs, hand painted I bought in the Algarve almost 20 years ago. They’re still my favourite to drink my coffee in.I swear it just tastes better, lol. <3
Oh course it tastes better! Artistic beauty makes everything better! <3
<3
Such gorgeous photos Cindy. Portugal is not only one of the most beautiful countries but has in my humble opinion, the most beautiful language.
I agree with you! It is such a complicated language though and I couldn’t get a handle on it. I am good with Spanish and okay with German and a bit of Italian, but Portuguese left me in the dust. I tried in Brazil too and it just wasn’t happening.
It is complicated! I fell in love with the sound listening to Neruda recite his own poetry 🙂
Oh he is so brilliant~ <3
How I admire those artworks and all the work behind it. Wonderful shots of a beautiful place. That blue and white is so great. I bought some of that ceramics in the Azores. I seldom buy things, but a teapot and some jars and a soup bowl!
I am glad you bought them and I can fully appreciate why you did. It is such a beautiful art form. I bet you enjoy having them!
I certainly do!
I love Portugal! Last time I was there, there was some rehab/construction going on with an old building and there were all these lovely old little tiles toss in the gutter and trash. I asked if I could take a few. The workers seemed quite pleased and helped me find 4 undamaged tiles about 3×3″ with different styles/designs – all typical of the buildings there. I hand carried those home and from house to house. These little tiles are soem of my favorite treasures. Portugal’s tile work is fabulous
Oh yes, that is wonderful! So polite that you asked! Can you imagine how old those tiles are? I saw some displayed in a very creative manner on the wall as pieces of handmade, very antique art, which is exactly what they are. I took photos of the displays and if you are interested, I would be happy to show you. They were in a very elegant hotel. I would prize these immensely as you do, I and think you were very clever to save them~
I was in Lisbon a few years ago–the tiles were amazing!
Yes, I am glad you were able to see for yourself!
Just wonderful…
So pleased you enjoyed and be well my friend~
The tile work is amazing, but it’s a little too much for me. Personally, it feels suffocating although I think that is part of the structure’s “beauty.”
Interesting, and to each his (or her) own! Thanks for stopping by and joining the conversation~
They look soo grand on my monitor! I can see the colors and details even better. 🙂
Photos do look different based on where you view them, don’t they. Loved your recent post photos Amy!
🙂 <3
Okay to share on Twitter?
Portugal will be pleased. I would be humbled. Thank you!
I just didn’t see a twitter share button 🙂
Oh, yes I don’t have one. Sorry!
Those vibrant colors echo the great love of life of a people. Simply beautiful!
Yes! When cultures create communal historical art, they are speaking to all of us, through time.
Such beautiful architecture there! It makes America look plain jane!
It does I am afraid. What we lack in artistry, we are supposed to make up for in high ideals.
Stunningly beautiful 🙂
Portugal is just that! Thank you & cheers too~
🙂
Stunning! The intricacy of the tile work must have taken years. So colorful and beautiful. Thank you Cindy!
Lots of artistry and patience require! So pleased you enjoyed and cheers to you Nancy~ <3
This is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing it Cindy.
Oh, I am so glad you enjoyed it and thank you for you thoughtful comment~
It’s like fine embroidery, dense & rich with creativity. I love this!
How synchronistic you should say this. I have a post on very old Spanish tapestries. Maybe I’ll post it next. Thank you for the idea Resa~ <3
So much beauty and colour Cindy I can imagine just being stopped in my tracks walking into a place like this.
Yes. Exactly what happened. I was by myself and saw people walking in. There was some sort of event with a sign about a culturally significant Portuguese place that I didn’t really understand and the door was open. It wasn’t on any tourist brochure. I asked if it was okay for me to go in, and then as soon I caught a glimpse, I asked if it was okay to take photos. I was pretty amazed by the whole experience.
Those sort of experiences are what make travel so special.
🙂
Breathtaking. So so beautiful.
Portugal is just so! Very happy you enjoyed~
C’est magnifique mon amie! xx
Bisous mon amie! <3
Wow! Magnificent designs! 🙂
Certainly make you stop and look!
I think so too! I have a weakness for tile-work of all sorts, so of course, I love Portugal!
I am with europasicewolf. aka. “Timid One” Never realized how beautiful Portugal is !!!
Be well my far away friend 🙂
Thank you Kenny and I am home at The Holler now, so not so far away!
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When I was in my first year of college, I wanted to be an Architect…I could design and draw so well. I broke my kneecap in one of our basketball games. So much pain they had to give me morphine, and I could not draw a straight line again. My heart is always moved by designs and architecture. Well at least soon after God blessed me to be able to write. I always felt I lived there before in Portugal and Spain. Love all the pictures you share Cindy!
So you have this deja vu about Spain and Portugal. That is fascinating Wendell. I have experienced deja vu and it’s a powerful experience isn’t it. Just the thought of you breaking your kneecap makes me wince. I can just imagine the pain. Terrible. And opiates took away your talent, which makes it even worse. Yes, God did bless you Wendell with your poetry, and you bless all of us who read it. Be well my friend~ <3
Wow. I have to visit Portugal!!
You will be happy you did!
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Thank you for this post! I’m Portuguese and I feel proud to read about these beautiful art pieces that say so much about the history that makes Portugal what it is and its people! Thank you!
It is so important to me to present a country’s history and traditions accurately and I am not an expert by any means, so your comment means a great deal to me. Portugal is just a remarkable country both in terms of it’s long, impressive history, it’s world leadership in sailing exploration and discovery, and it’s incredibly beautiful architecture and tile work. Everyday I took photos that were of such beautiful places. I started collecting the embroidered linen which I now have displayed in my home. Portugal just “gets” visual beauty and the artistic use of color and it has done so for such an incredibly long period of time. I am proud of Portugal too! <3
Cindy, I’ve seen some amazing azulejos but these are exquisite!
Ahhh, I am so glad you appreciate them as I do! Thank you~ <3
Wow! Splendid!
That is exactly what I thought when I saw it!