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    The Museu Nacional do Azulejo (Portuguese for National Museum of the Azulejo), occasionally known in English as the National Tile Museum, is an art museum...
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    Azulejo (Portuguese: [ɐzuˈleʒu, ɐzuˈlɐjʒu] Spanish: [aθuˈlexo]; from the Arabic al-zillīj, الزليج) is a form of Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed...
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    of the Sintra from the garden of the Comte de Povoa, 1840 Palaces in Portugal Azulejo The National Palace of Sintra Guide, 1. The National Palace of Sintra...
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    Lisbon (redirect from Capital of Portugal)
    notable national museums include the National Museum of Archaeology, the Museum of Lisbon, the National Azulejo Museum, the National Museum of Contemporary...
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    the Azulejo. It is classified as a National Monument. Located in Xabregas (formerly Enxobregas) in the eastern part of Lisbon, the Church of the Mother...
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    The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum houses one of the world's most important private art collections. It includes works from Ancient Egypt to the early 20th...
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    decorated the interior of the building with paintings and tile (azulejo) panels. The inner arena is 50 m long and 17 m wide, and was used for training...
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    Fount of Abundance. The Waterfall Lake as seen from the Terrace of the Celestial Worlds. Sintra National Palace Pena National Palace Queluz National Palace...
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    Moorish azulejos and objects from the Roman and Visigoth periods.[citation needed] Pereira served King John I, commanding the Portuguese army in the decisive...
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    Belém, Lisbon (category Districts of Lisbon)
    famous as a museum district, as the home of many of the most notable monuments of Lisbon and Portugal alike, such as the Belém Tower, the Jerónimos Monastery...
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    (1869–1951). The refectory across the chapter house has several azulejos tiles from the 18th century. In an addition added to the monastery after the 1850 restoration...
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    Portuguese Riviera (category Geography of Portugal)
    internationally recognized museum of natural history in the historic center of Sintra. Cultural institutions of the Portuguese Riviera Queluz National Palace Portuguese...
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    Vasco da Gama Bridge (category Bridges over the Tagus)
    the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is the second longest bridge in Europe, after the Crimean Bridge, and the...
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    monument in Lisbon, Portugal. Originally a church, it was converted into the National Pantheon (Panteão Nacional, pronounced [pɐ̃tiˈɐ̃w nɐsiuˈnal]), in which...
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    a national monument and transformed into a museum. The last queen of Portugal, Queen Amélia, spent her last night at the palace before leaving the country...
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    its national importance, the Conference of Bishops determined that funds collected throughout the country on 23 November 2003 would be used for the restoration...
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    connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus River. It has a main span length of 1,013...
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    who said it was "unworthy of the respect due" to the National Monument. He said that although it was legal, it was because the previous government had allowed...
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    The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Portuguese: Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia) (MAAT) is a museum in Lisbon, Portugal. MAAT is a...
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    Jorge Colaço (category Grand Officers of the Order of Saint James of the Sword)
    countries. Tile panel (1922) in the Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon. "Working on the Beach", at National Museum of the Azulejo. "Popular Revolt, 1637" at Évora...
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    the Avenida da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue) and the Eduardo VII Park in the former parish of Coração de Jesus and in the quarter of Santo António. The square...
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    Rua Augusta Arch (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
    statues of various historical figures. Significant height from the arch crown to the cornice imparts an appearance of heaviness to the structure. The associated...
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    Alfama (category Districts of Lisbon)
    and the Miradouro das Portas do Sol (Gates of the Sun). Near Miradouro of Santa Luzia is located the Museum of Decorative Arts (Museu de Artes Decorativas)...
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    beginning of several small projects within the residence that included the painting of the Sala das Bicas, the replacement of azulejo tiles along the southern...
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    which leads to a wall line with busts of the Kings of Portugal. Nuno Lemos Pires (2000). "Os painéis de azulejos da Sala das batalhas do Palácio Fronteira...
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    This is the largest of a series of canals in the gardens bordered with chinoiserie-style azulejo tiles. Fed by a stream, the sluice gates to the canals...
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    John V of Portugal and was completely concluded in 1755. The palace was classified as a National Monument in 1910 and was also a finalist in the Seven...
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    Casa de Santa Maria, Cascais (category Art museums and galleries in Portugal)
    set of 17th century Azulejo tiles and a wooden oil-painted ceiling, which has been attributed to António de Oliveira Bernardes. He expanded the building...
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    are called azulejo. The tiles were created and painted for the monastery during two separate periods established by Santos Simoes.[2] The first period...
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    The Rossio [ʁuˈsi.u] is the popular name of the King Pedro IV Square (Portuguese: Praça de D. Pedro IV) in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal. It is located...
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