azulejo
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Etymology
Origin of azulejo
1835–45; < Spanish: blue tile, derivative of azul blue
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Portuguese azulejo tiles cover the floor, and there’s an upstairs cocktail bar.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
The walls are covered with 20,000 splendid azulejo tin-glazed ceramic tiles, which took 11 years for artist Jorge Colaço to complete.
From Time ● Apr. 30, 2015
The book drops names to see if they break like eggs on the azulejo tiling you just installed.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2013
The old colonial town fans out on the eponymous lagoon, with brightly colored buildings and blue-and-white azulejo tiles adorning some of the homes.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2013
The brilliant azulejo, or tile-work, the delicate arches and filigree sculpture of the walls, still attest its former elegance, and give some color to the tradition that it was the residence of the Moorish Princesses.
From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard
And all across Portugal, the typically blue designs of azulejos — ceramic tiles — are spread across churches, monasteries, castles, palaces, university halls, parks, train stations, hotel lobbies and apartment facades.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2014
The celebrated glazed tiles, or azulejos, which contribute so much to the beauty of the Alhambra, were introduced into Spain by the Moors about 711 A.D.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
Before us is the Pavilion of Carlos Quinto, with a fine ceiling and azulejos.
From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
The decoration of this splendid chamber is completed by a high dado of blue, white, and green "azulejos."
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
There were attics, richly and brightly furnished; burnished recesses shining with Dutch tiles and Portuguese azulejos.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
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