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Category: Art and Architecture

  • Alentejo

The Alcáçova of Mértola

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on April 14, 2019April 11, 2019

A fascinating peep at early Christian and Muslim art and architecture.

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‘So old there is no memory of who built it’

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019

Fortunately however for us modern historians and archaeologists have made a guess!

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A fascinating look at one of the oldest traditions in the Algarve

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on April 2, 2019April 1, 2019

With the exception of a couple of stages, watching the tiles being made here is like watching history come alive.

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  • Alentejo

‘Crochet guerrillas’ have arrived in Mértola

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on February 23, 2019February 23, 2019

Woolly moments in the morning fog

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The beauty of the ‘mosaico hidráulico’

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  • Posted on February 4, 2019February 4, 2019

A 19th century tile making innovation from France

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The Terracotta Tiles of Santa Catarina

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  • Posted on January 30, 2019February 3, 2019

Fascinating look at a traditional artisan industry

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Faro’s beautiful Palácio Belmarço

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on January 29, 2019February 3, 2019

One of the many palaces created in the early 20th century by Manuel Joaquim Norte Júnior

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