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For the students and trainers of the Agrupamento de Escolas João de Deus, the route of the blue color begins in the Algarve, where the sea is reflected in the cobalt blue shades of its ceramic coats that cover the walls of the side chapels of Faro Cathedral, the walls and vault of the Church of S. Francisco, the panels of the São Lourenço Church of Almancil and the paintings of urban art of Lagos.
The Blue Route passes through the convent of São Paulo where the ancient monks ’cells, their corridors and fountains are an authentic living museum in the Serra d’ Ossa, in the department of Évora (Alto Alentejo).
It then takes us to Lisbon, capital of the Portuguese azulejo, whose National Museum traces the history of this ceramic tile, since its origins borrowed from Arab cultures : -Mudejar imported from Sevilla and Granada-, Italian, Dutch …
The blue azulejo is illustrated in palaces and churches, like the church of Madre de Deus. It covers the streets, the railway stations and the metro stations, such as the Olaias station.
This path goes through the studio of visual artist Joana Vasconcelos who represented Portugal at the 2013 Venice Biennale, with a "cacilheiro", an iconic element of Lisbon, whose shell covered with azulejos blue reinterprets the panels containing the panoramic view of the capital, seen from the sea, before the earthquake in 1755, the flagship work of the National Museum of Azulejo.
Paula Pereira and Rosaria Prospero Agrupamento of Escolas João de Deus, Faro