Azulejos are hand-painted tiles used to decorate properties in Portugal both internally and externally since the middle ages. They were introduced to by the Moors and originally decorated with geometric patterns in a single colour.
This post was inspired by the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge this week’s theme is Geometry.
Piglet in Portugal 
I love the blue tiles all over old buildings in Portugal. I also had 8 different tiles in our Perth house when we bough it, but they were just awful 70´s stuff, so they had to go!!
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I’ve always loved looking at buildings with these intricate, colorful tiles… beautiful. 😉
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Congratulations. I have awarded you Blog of the Year 2012 for your inspiring gardening! You can check it out here
http://www.yoursaucepans.blogspot.com/2012/11/whoohoo-blog-of-year.html
Lindsay
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I see you are participating in nanowrimo. I suspected as much but saw the meter on your sidebar and wanted to offer ‘congrats and good luck.’
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Hi writingfeemail, yep I am, but in France at the moment and can’t update the meter from this laptop. Must apologise to everyone for lack of response to comments and not commenting on blogs this month.
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Beautiful! I’ve not been to Portugal but when I visited Seville I saw a lot of amazing tiles.
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I love these. They always look so fresh and inviting.
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They really are so beautifu aren´t they!
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Would absolutely love to learn more: there are bits and pieces of so many cultures embroiled here . . . from where? . . . how differing the pattering? . . .the colouring: why????
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Hi Eha, I am researching more about the Azulejos, this was just a taster while I’m a away in France
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Lovely geometric decorations, Pip.
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Love this! We have about 15 different tile patterns in one small 3 bedroom house 🙂 gotta love Portugal!
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Those tiles are beautiful, PiP!
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