Porto Azulejo Tile Walk

The Chapel of Souls is defined by the nearly sixteen thousand blue and white azulejo tiles that sheath its entire exterior. These ceramic panels depict the lives of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Catherine, wrapping the building in a…

A dark green wooden storefront distinguishes A Pérola do Bolhão from its neighbors, covered in intricate Art Nouveau carvings that seem to drip down the glass. Since nineteen seventeen, this shop has served as a purveyor of fine colonial…

The Church of Saint Ildefonso wears a front facade covered in over eleven thousand blue and white azulejo tiles. These tiles show scenes from the life of Saint Ildefonso and gospel figures. While the church dates back to the early…

The walls of the Porto São Bento train station are covered in twenty thousand blue and white azulejo tiles. Painted by Jorge Colaço in the early twentieth century, these scenes depict the history of Portugal and the transport of goods…

The facade of the Emerald Tile house glows with hundreds of glossy, forest-green tiles that cover the entire street-facing wall. This building stands out among the limestone and granite of the Sé district because Jorge Colaço, a master of…

The long side wall of the Igreja do Carmo is covered in a massive expanse of blue and white azulejo tiles. Silvestre Silvestri designed these panels in nineteen twelve, depicting the founding of the Carmelite Order on Mount Carmel. The…

The Museu da Cidade do Porto occupies a series of scattered historical buildings rather than a single site. At this location in the Vitoria neighborhood, the structure is identified by its plain, somber granite facade that keeps the…