aspects of Portuguese culture, Portuguese architecture reflects the artistic influences of the various cultures that have either inhabited Portugal or come...
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Portuguese colonial architecture refers to the various styles of Portuguese architecture built across the Portuguese Empire (including Portugal). Many...
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style of architecture was introduced in Portugal between the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century. In general, Portuguese cathedrals...
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Sino-Portuguese architecture, also known as Chinese Baroque, Straits/Singapore Eclectic architecture or Peranakan architecture is an Asian hybrid style...
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Absolutism or Absolute monarchy, which allowed the Portuguese Baroque to flourish. Baroque architecture in Portugal arose on a different timeline from the rest...
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The architecture of the Portuguese Renaissance intimately linked to Gothic architecture and gradual in its classical elements. The Manueline style (circa...
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Portuguese Gothic architecture is the architectural style prevalent in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages. As in other parts of Europe, Gothic style slowly...
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Indonesia. Asia Portuguese colonial architecture in India Portuguese colonial architecture in Sri Lanka Sino-Portuguese architecture Centro Histórico...
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walls, has a clearly Portuguese profile. The decoration is naturalist, based mainly in shells and leaves but also with architectural elements and sculpture...
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of Portugal) seized the Portuguese crown and Portuguese territories such a Brazil in 1580, there began a 60-year union between Spain and Portugal known...
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Azulejo (redirect from Portuguese tile)
Azulejo (Portuguese: [ɐzuˈle(j)ʒu, ɐzuˈlɐjʒu], Spanish: [aθuˈlexo]; from the Arabic الزليج, al-zillīj) is a form of Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed...
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Macau was a Portuguese colony since the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It...
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Manueline (redirect from Manueline architecture)
Manueline (Portuguese: estilo manuelino, IPA: [ɨʃˈtilu mɐnweˈlinu]), occasionally known as Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese architectural...
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characteristics. The azulejo and the Portuguese pavement are two typical elements of Portuguese architecture. Portugal is perhaps best known for its distinctive...
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The Portuguese people (Portuguese: Portugueses – masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country...
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Cadaval, is a Portuguese author and noblewoman. The duchess has authored several books on Portuguese history and Portuguese architecture. Diana Mariana...
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Estádio Nacional (redirect from Nacional Stadium (Portugal))
September that the Portuguese team would hold their home games at the Estádio Nacional. However, all their home games were played at the Portuguese national rugby...
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apartment bloc, Portuguese buildings and towns will look like those in Italy or Spain. This apart from the specificities of Portuguese architecture and its traditions...
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(which can be translated as "Portuguese soft" or "Portuguese smooth") was an architectural style promoted by the Portuguese Estado Novo (New State) regime...
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Portuguese Plain Style architecture (Estilo Chão in Portuguese) refers to a 16th century Portuguese architectural style related to early Mannerism marked...
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colonial architecture of Brazil is defined as the architecture carried out in the current Brazilian territory from 1500, the year of the Portuguese arrival...
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António Maria Braga (category CS1 European Portuguese-language sources (pt-pt))
António Maria Braga is a Portuguese architect, who specializes in traditional Portuguese architecture. Together with the architect Alberto Castro Nunes...
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Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring the westernmost point in continental...
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The architecture of Goan Catholics has strong Portuguese and native Goan influences. It developed over the Portuguese India era (1500s–1961). Many of...
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Official Portuguese territory in Asia included: Portuguese India Portuguese Ceylon Portuguese Oman Portuguese Socotra Portuguese Malacca Portuguese Timor...
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Belém Tower (category Gothic architecture in Portugal)
height of the Portuguese Renaissance, and is a prominent example of the Portuguese Manueline style, but it also incorporates other architectural styles, such...
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in Portuguese. The shrine name refers to the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The site is known for Portuguese architecture and Portuguese prayers...
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of Portugal Architecture of Portugal Baroque architecture in Portugal Portuguese colonial architecture Portuguese Gothic architecture Portuguese Romanesque...
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tropical modern architecture or a mixture. The oldest European-styled buildings date back to the 17th century. Elements of Portuguese architecture introduced...
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Historic Center of Salvador (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
Center (US) or Centre (UK) (Portuguese: Centro Histórico) of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, also known as the Pelourinho (Portuguese for "Pillory") or Pelo,...
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