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Largo 1° de Dezembro is a 19th-century addition, a park with 10 splendid blue-and-white azulejo benches, each illustrating a pivotal event in the history of Portugal.
Also worth visiting are the Igreja Matriz (São Clemente), a 13th-century Gothic church with 18th-century azulejo tiles; the Convento da Graça, with a terrific Manueline portal; and Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, a small church prized for its Baroque altar and ceramic tiles.
Across the street is the incongruous but elegant Toyota Automobile Showroom, once the Chamber of Commerce and worth noting for its fine blue-and-white azulejo (tile) vignettes that depict scenes from old Madeira.
Good places to buy include the Azulejo Museum in Lisbon (see page 31) and the shops along route EN-125 along the Algarve coast, which sell more ceramics and pottery than anywhere else in Portugal.
Down toward the river is the Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Azulejo Museum), devoted entirely to the art of painted and glazed ceramic tiles, a national art form.