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Classic blue-and-white tilework on the walls of São Bento train station, Porto, depicted scenes of the Battle of Aljubarrota.
Beautiful brickwork & tilework inside the interior chamber of Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, a traditional Iranian public bathhouse in Kashan, Iran. It was constructed in the 16th century, during the Safavid era; however, the bathhouse was damaged in 1778 as a result of an earthquake and was renovated during the Qajar era.
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Portugal's famous tin-glazed, ceramic tilework. Photo taken in the former Cistercian monastery Santa Maria de Salzedas near the town of Tarouca.
Tilework depicting No Exit, not certain if this is original to the station or added during a refurbishment, but it certainly isn't anything recent.
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Beautiful brickwork & tilework on the interior ceiling of Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, a traditional Iranian public bathhouse in Kashan, Iran. It was constructed in the 16th century, during the Safavid era; however, the bathhouse was damaged in 1778 as a result of an earthquake and was renovated during the Qajar era.
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El Bahia Palace, Marrakesh, Morocco
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This tilework is UNBELIEVABLE... each of those is a piece of glazed masonry, cut and fit together!!! We watched a master workman doing this and still couldn't believe it.
For more information about the mosque, see HORIZON's description - scroll down to "Jame Mosque."
I am so grateful to HORIZON for teaching me (through his example) how to photograph this stuff - always straight on - don't mess with the sacred geometry.
In the Convent of Santa Clara which was built towards the end of the fifteenth century and whose rooms contain superb tilework.
Funchal, Madeira, 11 February 2015
A well-known pub in Hastings, East Sussex. There is a name on the tilework: Alfred S.Carter, Brockley Road, London. They were a tile merchant. Thank you internet!
General Havelock became a hero for helping to suppress the Indian mutiny in 1857...though Indians may have a different opinion on the matter.
Founded in 771 by the Taym Arabs of the village Ṭirān on the outskirts of Yahudiya, one of the then twin towns
constituting the city of Isfahan.
The mosque was renovated between the late 10th century and the early 11th century by the Buyids (932-1055), an Iranian Shia Dynasty.
In 1051 Isfahan became the capital of the Seljuks, a sunni group from Central Asia who wanted the restoration of the Abbasid Caliphate.
In 1121 the Ismaʿilis set fire to the mosque and in its rebuilding, a quintessentially Seljuk mosque was created.
Nearly every significant architectural and decorative trend of the medieval period in Persian history, found its monumental representation in this mosque.
Patron, tilework: Uzun Ḥasan (Hasan the tall) ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḳara yoluk ʿUt̲h̲mān (Abū Naṣr) 1425-1478 a powerful leader of the Aq Qoyunlū (white sheep), a confederation of Turkman tribes who ruled in eastern Anatolia and western Iran until the Safavid conquest in 1501-03.
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The Stephansplatz is a square at the geographical centre of Vienna named after its most prominent building, the Stephansdom, Vienna's cathedral and one of the tallest churches in the world. Before the 20th century, a row of houses separated Stephansplatz from Stock-im-Eisen-Platz, but since their destruction, the name Stephansplatz started to be used for the wider area covering both. To the west and south, respectively, run the exclusive shopping streets (literally "ditch") and Kärntner Straße ("Kärnten" is the German for Carinthia). Opposite the Stephansdom is the Haas-Haus, a piece of striking modern architecture by Hans Hollein. Although public opinion was originally skeptical about the combination of the mediaeval cathedral and the glass and steel building, it is now considered an example of how old and new architecture can mix harmoniously. The U-Bahn station at Stephansplatz is one of the busiest in the city and is the only junction between the U1 and U3 underground lines. It is also the nearest U-Bahn station to many of the tourist attractions in the city center.
Additional information may be obtained at Wikipedia.
Church of Saint Ildefonso
The Igreja de Santo Ildefonso is an 18th century church in Porto, Portugal, situated near Batalha Square. Completed in 1739, the church was built in a proto-Baroque style and features a retable by the Italian artist Nicolau Nasoni and a façade of azulejo tilework. The church is named in honour of the Visigoth Ildephonsus of Toledo, bishop of Toledo from 657 until his death in 667.
History
Prior to the building of the Church of Saint Ildefonso, a chapel, known as Santo Alifon, stood on the site. Its construction date is unknown, but several early texts mention its existence. The earliest known reference to the site and the original church is in a work by a bishop of Porto, Vicente Mendes, dated 1296.
The aged chapel, in danger of collapsing, was demolished in 1709, and construction began on the new church that year. The building took thirty years to complete, finally inaugurated and blessed on 18 July 1739. The first stage of construction was completed in 1730, when the main body was finished and the tympanum, bearing the date M DCC XXX (1730), was placed. The second construction phase, from 1730 to 1739, saw the erection of the two bell towers, and the façade and narthex were finalised.
The architect of the Igreja de Santo Ildefonso is unknown, though records exist giving the names of the carpenters, masons, and locksmith who worked on the building.
Extensively repaired following a severe storm in 1819, the church also suffered damage from artillery fire on 21 July 1833 during the Siege of Porto. Over the years the church has undergone structural modifications and improvements, including replacement stained glass windows in 1967, created by the artist Isolino Vaz. Nineteen graves were discovered in 1996, during renovation works to the narthex, an area that corresponds to the original chapel's churchyard.
Features and usage
Constructed of granite, the shape of the church's main body is that of an elongated octagon, with decorative plaster ceilings. The façade, also granite, is regular and mostly plain, with two bell towers and a rectangular recess where a figure of the church's patron stands. The bell towers include decorative cornices and dentils, and each tower is topped with masonry spheres, a stone cross, and a metalwork flag.
A monolithic obelisk stands to the left of the church, although it was initially erected on a set of steps extending towards Rua de 31 de Janeiro. Originally positioned to align with the bell tower of nearby Clérigos Church, it was moved to its present location when the steps were altered in 1924 to accommodate shops.
Two notable features of the church are the retable and the blue-and-white tiling. The artist and architect Nicolau Nasoni designed the retable, which was created and installed by architect Miguel Francisco da Silva in 1745. Approximately 11,000 azulejo tiles cover the façade of the church, created by the artist Jorge Colaço and placed in November 1932. The tiles depict scenes from the life of Saint Ildefonso and figurative imagery from the Gospels.
The church sits near Porto's Batalha Square, an historic, mostly pedestrianised public space that is frequented by tourists. The church receives many visitors each year, and holds mass daily.
Porto
Porto, also known as Oporto, is the second largest city of Portugal (after Lisbon).
The city has the status of global city. It located in the estuary of the Douro river, in northern Portugal. The city of Porto comprises 15 civil parishes. The historic centre of Porto was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. One of Portugal's most internationally famous products, Port wine, is named after the city because it is produced in, and shipped from the area or, more precisely, from Vila Nova de Gaia, a city just across the river which belongs to the same conurbation.
The Latin name of Porto, Portus Cale, is the origin of the name "Portugal" for the whole country. In Portuguese, the city is usually referred to with the definite article as "o Porto" (the port), hence the English name "Oporto".
Highlights
In recent years, UNESCO recognised its historic centre as a World Heritage Site. Among the architectural highlights of the city, Oporto Cathedral is the oldest surviving structure, together with the small romanesque Church of Cedofeita, the gothic Igreja de São Francisco (Church of Saint Francis), the remnants of the city walls and a few 15th-century houses. The baroque style is well represented in the city in the elaborate gilt work interior decoration of the churches of St. Francis and St. Claire (Santa Clara), the churches of Mercy (Misericórida) and of the Clerics (Igreja dos Clérigos), the Episcopal Palace of Porto, and others. The neoclassicism and romanticism of the 19th and 20th centuries also added interesting monuments to the landscape of the city, like the magnificent Stock Exchange Palace (Palácio da Bolsa), the Hospital of Saint Anthony, the Municipality, the buildings in the Liberdade Square and the Avenida dos Aliados, the tile-adorned São Bento Train Station and the gardens of the Crystal Palace (Palácio de Cristal). A guided visit to the Palácio da Bolsa, and in particular the Arab Room, is a major tourist attraction.
Many of the city's oldest houses are at risk of collapsing. The population in Porto municipality dropped by nearly 100,000 since the 1980s, but the number of permanent residents in the outskirts and satellite towns has grown strongly.
Azulejo
Azulejo is a form of Portuguese painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tilework. They have become a typical aspect of Portuguese culture, having been produced without interruption for five centuries. There is also a tradition of their production in former Portuguese colonies in Latin America.
In Portugal, azulejos are found on the interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses and even train stations or subway stations. They constitute a major aspect of Portuguese architecture as they are applied on walls, floors and even ceilings. They were not only used as an ornamental art form, but also had a specific functional capacity like temperature control at homes. Many azulejos chronicle major historical and cultural aspects of Portuguese history.
An example of the tilework on exhibit at the Wat Pho temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand. Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 85mm ƒ 2 AIs lens. Sides cropped to this plaque, otherwise SOOC.
Poster is not sure what the white stuff is that is on the orange tiles... it could be chips (this plaque is low enough to reach) or it could be the grout leaching a chemical (calcium carbonate, for example...)
Tilework / mosaics on one corner of a building in the Wat Pho temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand. There are a whole bunch of odd angles in there! Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 85mm ƒ 2 AIs lens.
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juanjomunoz: Termina uno creyendo que no hay mosaicos analógicos y que todo son efectos de fotos :)
These shopfront mosaics are increasingly rare. Some fine examples in Aberystwyth.
Handmade to last, when businesses were also expected to last. Beautiful craftsmanship.
At the 50th street subway station on the #1 train, there are these alice-in wonderland tileworks.. here's one of them, with some slightly altered colors.
Title:[Painted Tilework]
Creator: Unknown
Contributors: Hunt, Myron, 1868-1952
Date: ca. 1904-1912
Part Of Album, architectural views of Mexico
Place: Mexico
Description: Painted tilework along a wall.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 20 x 25 cm on 20 x 28 cm
File Name:ag1999_1241_39_opt.jpg
Rights: DeGoyler Library, Southern Methodist University
Digital Collection: Mexico: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
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Founded in 1325 and in the heart of the Medina, this courtyard displays magnificent tilework, hand carved plaster cedar wood and onyz pillars.
During the Qajar period, new themes such as floral still lifes were also introduced and tile work began to be used on administrative buildings and palaces, not just religious buildings.
Mosaic floor tiles at the Moet & Chandon showroom on Avenue de Champagne in Epernay.
The building sits above a 28km maze of damp, dripping cellars which house bottles of maturing Moet & Chandon and Dom Perignon. These cellars were hollowed out of chalk starting 250 years ago. It is this same chalk which gives the local soil its characteristics of retaining heat & slowly releasing moisture.
Well worth a visit. Gets cold down there so if you are visiting... take a jacket!
Walking down some narrow laneway in Marrakech, I saw this pile of tile corners piled up which in turn intrigued me. Modern art without pretensions.
Typical 30's building with the deep set enhance and tile work. Looks rather grand compared to todays bland glass doors. This was pretty much aside open shot with the Jupiter 35f2.8 - nice rendering of shadows. The lower contrast of the chrome 35 worked well here - shadows are deep but with plenty of details in them.
【Tehran, Iran】 Illustration of an Iranian Sassanid monarch, barely visible among the dense tileworks of the Qajar Golestan palace in Tehran.
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Beautiful brickwork & tilework inside the interior chamber of Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, a traditional Iranian public bathhouse in Kashan, Iran. It was constructed in the 16th century, during the Safavid era; however, the bathhouse was damaged in 1778 as a result of an earthquake and was renovated during the Qajar era.
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Beautiful brickwork & tilework inside the interior chamber of Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, a traditional Iranian public bathhouse in Kashan, Iran. It was constructed in the 16th century, during the Safavid era; however, the bathhouse was damaged in 1778 as a result of an earthquake and was renovated during the Qajar era.
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Seville, Spain.
"The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza in the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain. It was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark example of Regionalism Architecture, mixing elements of the Baroque Revival, Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival (Neo-Mudéjar) styles of Spanish architecture.
The center of it is Parque de María Luisa, designed in a "Moorish paradisical style", with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras; lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds. Numerous buildings were constructed in the park to provide spaces for the exhibition."
This and other architecture and fountains were the influence for the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri, Seville's sister city.
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This is one of the most splendid pieces of tilework I saw in Iran. It is a tile mosaic; the designs are not painted on rectangular tiles, rather the elements of the design are individual pieces of colored tile. It is remarkable for its complexity and for the range of colors it displays.
Friday Mosque, Esfahan, Iran.