Wander most any street in Portugal, and you’ll see azulejos tiles, those decorative blue tiles on buildings, churches, and homes. At first glance, they seem merely decorative, but a closer look ...

Sitting on a nondescript corner of Porto, allegorical scenes of strife and triumph dance across the facade of Igreja do Carmo in exuberant fashion. From afar, it appears to be a painted mural, ...

A tradition dating back centuries survives in Portugal as artists and companies fill private and public commissions for the celebrated designs. Azulejos can be seen all over the Portuguese capital of ...

I regularly travel to Portugal, and every trip revives an ongoing dilemma: Do I love or hate all those azulejos, the distinctive ceramic tiles the Portuguese use to cover anything from church chapels ...