I Tile types and patterns · Plate 059
Tiled garden wall
In gardens and courtyards, tiled benches, fountains and walls bring colour and cool surfaces. Water, plants and glaze reflect each other under the strong light.
In the reign of João V, Lisbon's tourist board notes, azulejos decorated walls, gardens, palaces, churches and convents. Portuguese Wikipedia lists garden examples: the Palácio dos Marqueses de Fronteira in Lisbon, with large compositions including Dutch blue-and-white cycles; the Palácio Nacional de Queluz, where a rococo panel with scenes after Watteau suited the garden setting; and the Jardim do Paço in Castelo Branco. At Carnide, rococo panels of the 1740s at the Palace of the Dukes of Mesquitela appear in the garden and on the façade.
At the Palácio Nacional de Sintra, the Tanque dos Cisnes is tiled in the pé-de-galo pattern, and the fountain of the Pátio do Leão is set in a tile wall with an armillary sphere. At Casa dos Patudos in Alpiarça, floral albarrada tiling forms a silhar, a dado. The tradition continued abroad into the 20th century, English Wikipedia says: Park Güell in Barcelona (1914), the tiled benches of Plaza 25 de Julio in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1917), and Plaza de España in Seville (1928).
This is a general description, not confirmed to a single source.
Source: pt.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, visitlisboa.com
AI-generated illustration in the manner of the tradition, not a photograph of a specific object.
