Housed in the former madre de deus convent the museum s collection is one of the.
Ceramic museum lisbon.
Azulejos sant ana rua do alecrim 95 chiado this factory and shop has been producing and selling handmade decorative tiles since 1741 and still offers copies of 17th and 18th century items.
The museum is worth visiting by force of the fact it is one of a kind in the entire world.
The ceramics museum museu da cerâmica is housed in the beautiful former mansion of viscount sacavém a collector ceramist and important patron of ceramics artisans in caldas da rainha.
Most of the exhibits reflect the output of that factory and its documentation centre is devoted to the study of the.
Lisbon tiles and tales.
Sacavém ceramics museum the sacavém ceramics factory was created in 1850 and became one of the most well known producers of fine faience in portugal and europe.
Museu de lisboa museum of lisbon former museu da cidade city museum is a multi branched museum in which lisbon and its stories reveal themselves under different perspectives.
Museu nacional do azulejo is one of the most important of the national museums by the singularity of its collection azulejo tile an artistic expression that differentiates portuguese culture and by the uniqueness of the building in which the museum is set former madre de deus convent founded in 1509 by queen d.
The museum collection consists of representative works from the 16th to 20th centuries from all of portugal s important ceramics regions as well as pieces from many international locations.
The ceramics museum of sacavém portuguese.
The highlight of the museum is a blue and white composition of 1300 tiles 23m 75ft in length of lisbon s cityscape made in 1738 prior to the great earthquake and reputedly the country s longest tile piece.
The museum comprises five different locations palácio pimenta santo antónio teatro romano casa dos bicos and torreão poente with complementary subjects and competences sharing a mission an identity and.
Tile workshop and private tour including national tile museum from 167 26 city sightseeing lisbon hop on hop off bus tour from 26 28 the tiles of lisbon from 288 05.
The portuguese have developed a particular form of art consisting of paintings on ceramic tiles striking by the prominence of the blue hues used in rendering sundry.