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"Of the many sights, I´m most awed by the Museo National do Azulejo, housed in the former Convenmto da Madre de Deus. The history of Portugese tiles hangs on the walls......"
The words are Frances Mayes´, in her book A year in the World, where she writes about the month she spent in Lisbon and Portugal.
The tile museum is situated a little outside the city cnter, or "further afield" as our Eyewitness Travel guidebook says, so without Frances´words I am not sure we would have found it.
We spend several hours here, finding almost more beauty that we manage to take it, we ohhhhhhs and ahhhhs in every new room we enter.
Along our way we pass a workshop where two women are restoring old tiles.
That´s a job I would love to have!
Before leaving I buy a book about the tiles at the museum. I want to learn more. About the introduction of tiles from the Moors, about the Spanish influence and about the developing of the unique Portugese style.
