The first thing you’ll notice when you visit Porto, Portugal is that every inch of the city is covered with beautiful blue tiles. This form of Portuguese ceramic tile-work is known by the name “azulejo”, and here are some of the most stunning buildings in Porto covered with these blue tiles.
Capela das Almas
Azulejo tiles have often been used to decorate the exterior of churches with religious motifs, and this chapel located on Porto’s bustling Santa Catarina street is one of the best examples of this practice.
Igreja do Carmo
This church is one of Porto’s most breathtaking architectural wonders, and it owes most of its beauty to the vibrant blue and white tiles it was decorated with.
São Bento Station
The walls and ceiling of Porto’s train station are covered with 20,000 azulejo tiles, depicting the most important moments in Portuguese history in the eyes of the painter Jorge Colaço.
Igreja de Santo Ildefonso
Colaço was also in charge of decorating this church with beautiful blue tiles in 1932, almost two centuries after it was originally built.
