Guided Tour — Season 1, Episode 8: Convento da Madre de Deus, Lisboa

Episode synopsis

The collection of the National Tile Museum proves how Portuguese tilework is a unique case in the world of tile art. Panels built in intrinsic dialogue with the architecture that supports them or panels that reproduce the patterns of carpets or jewelry are some of the unique aspects of Portuguese tilework.

About Guided Tour

Guided Tour is a television and radio program about the treasures of the Portuguese cultural heritage. Treasures with recognized universal value, pieces that any western country would be proud to integrate into its heritage, and little known to the Portuguese. From a silver goblet with Mozarabic decoration and a thousand years old to a cloister that is referred to as a masterpiece of European Renaissance, passing through a collection of African art classified as one of the best in the world, the nature of objects, their context geographic location and historical time vary from episode to episode.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Sé de Braga
• E2Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa
• E3Museu Machado de Castro e Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbra
• E4Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães
• E5Museu Grão Vasco, Viseu
• E7Convento de Cristo, Tomar
• E9Mosteiro de Tibães, Braga
• E10Universidade de Coimbra
• E11Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea-Museu do Chiado, Lisboa
• E12Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisboa
• E13Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto