Photo: Pattern Tiles/ Azulejos de Padrão, largo da Graça, São Vicente, Lisbon.

The tiles of Lisbon are all over the place! Up and down the hills, through all the streets, squares, alleys and sidewalks. They are of all colors and shades, greens, browns, yellows, oranges, but especially blues, and with the most varied patterns, which are mixed in circles, flowers, squares, lozenges, stars or crosses, and are repeated and multiply geometrically, in an endless artistic composition, of great visual impact, resulting from the colors and scintillation of ceramic materials, transforming and illuminating the magical architecture of the city.

Pattern Tiles/ Azulejos de Padrão, largo da Graça, São Vicente, Lisbon. Photo: @foartista.