Example sentences for: azulejo

How can you use “azulejo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 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.


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