2008-07-22 » 2- THIS PIECE OF SCULPTURE HAS BEEN STOLEN
Gardens of the Estói Palace, nearby Faro - Algarve, Portugal. The construction is from the eighteenth century ...
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2008-04-21 » (Azulejo - from the arabian al Zulaicj, that later became aljulej - small flat and polished stone).
The use of ceramic tiles in Portuguese architecture dates back to the 15th and 16th centuries, after the moorish presence and influence on the Iberian Peninsula.
The façade of a private house, Sintra - Portugal.
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