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Portuguese popular tiles in Alfama, Lisboa #216534878
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Typical and popular tiles on the facade of a building in Alfama, one of the founding neighborhoods of Lisbon, Portugal. Ceramic tile making is an art that characterizes Portuguese culture a lot and which, in the Arab tradition, became popular over 500 years ago. The motifs of the tiles are very varied, from the simplest and most naive to the real works of art - thus exposed in public spaces.