Santa Ana Tiles Lisbon

This factory has been producing entirely handmade azulejos since 1741.

Santa ana tiles lisbon. Our santa ana tile stencil design is another fabulous design in our growing tile stencil collection. 9 igreja da graca lisbon graca church lisbon opening onto one of our favorite lisbon viewpoints the hilltop graca church ranks as one of the oldest churches in the city. They had a wide variety of items covering a range of prices including a size able selection of newly made azulejos. They re wonderful and so detail oriented.

Inspired and designed based on spanish and portuguese tile patterns of the past that are so popular today. Join a tile painting claass to fully appreciate the process from clay preparation to glazing and painting in addition to the traditional 17th and 18th century patterns. In my research to find out where i could buy some to bring home fábrica sant anna popped up in every blog and article i read about. If you want original tiles based on iconic designs this is the place to go.

Sant anna has been in the business since 1741. We have always had a great fascination with tiles. The proprietor told me it was the downtown lisbon outlet for the sant anna ceramics factory located in belen. Built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the baroque style after the 1755 earthquake the church features a double façade and bell tower.

Truly beautiful pieces of art. It is then we learned that this factory was an essential part of the reconstruction of lisbon after the terrible earthquake of 1755. It s only been owned by 2 families and continues to hand paint tiles in their own factory. You see the tiles everywhere on buildings and fountains.

Ceramics and tiles since 1741 sant anna factory produces all its pieces according to entirely handcrafted methods keeping the same processes since 1741. Its artisans are among the finest in europe creating handmade designs many of which have been in use since. 5 reviews of fábrica sant anna when i was looking at pictures of portugal i fell in love with their azulejos or tiles. Our interest increased when we saw the program voyager produced by josh garcia where he visited the sant anna factory in lisbon portugal.

Where to buy lisbon s famous pieces of art. In portugal the taste for the tiles was assimilated by the muslins having been introduced in the country since the middle of 15th century. Our tile stencils look great on walls kitchen backsplashes or instead of cement floor tiles. The result of a secular and traditional portuguese art the sant anna tiles and pottery are the product of excellence produced for all of us.