Azulejos of Lisbon Buildings

The Palacio Ramalhete wears a pale, ochre facade interrupted by rows of green-shuttered windows that overlook the Tagus River. Originally built for the Tovar family in the late eighteenth century, the house functioned as a sprawling…

The Antigo Convento das Trinas do Mocambo carries a heavy limestone facade that dominates the street corner with its stark, blocky geometry. Founded in the mid seventeenth century for the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, the building served…

The building at number forty-three on Rua de São Domingos sits in the shadow of the massive Prazeres Cemetery, identifiable by its distinct, weathered yellow facade and the wrought-iron balconies that line the upper stories. For decades,…

The Casa do Visconde de Sacavém features a facade covered in intricately patterned blue and white tiles, known as azulejos, that rise three stories above the street. Antonio Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro, the eccentric millionaire who also…

The yellow facade on Rua de Buenos Aires twenty-eight hides a private nineteenth century palace that once belonged to the Portuguese diplomat and writer Eca de Queiros. He lived here in eighteen ninety-four while serving in the foreign…

The building at Rua de Sao Ciro number twenty-eight stands out because of the ornate, geometric tile work covering its facade, a signature of Lapa’s late nineteenth-century residential architecture. While neighbors built homes for status,…

The Louvor da Vivacidade tile mural covers a street corner in the Prazeres neighborhood with an intricate web of blue and white patterns. The artist known as Add Fuel created this piece by layering traditional Portuguese azulejo styles…