Mouraria and Graça Street Art

The Escadinhas de São Cristóvão are a steep, narrow stone staircase connecting the Rua da Madalena to the Mouraria neighborhood. The walls flanking these steps are covered in a large tile mural depicting Fado singers and guitarists. In two…

Beco das Farinhas is a narrow, steep alleyway paved in traditional limestone cobblestones, distinguishable by the single row of tall, narrow apartment buildings that lean toward each other as they climb the slope. Flour merchants once…

Rua do Capelão is a steep, narrow lane in the Mouraria district defined by the colorful portraits of fado singers painted directly onto the walls. This street served as the cradle of fado, the melancholic music that became the soul of…

A giant, weathered face emerges directly from the textured plaster of a residential wall in Graça. This portrait is the work of the Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, known as Vhils. He creates these images by carving, drilling, and…

The weathered wall in Graça bears a striking, giant portrait of an elderly man with a furrowed brow and a deeply tired gaze. Created by the street artist Vhils, this image exists because he chiseled the face directly into the building's…

The wall holds two faces carved directly into the plaster, side by side. One is the work of Shepard Fairey, the American artist who used his signature stencil style to bring bold color to the surface. Next to it, the Portuguese artist…

The Half Panda is a sculpture made entirely of discarded plastic waste, mounted directly onto a weathered stone wall in the Santiago district. Artist Bordalo the Second constructed the piece to represent the fragile state of the giant…