Ceramic Tile By Tino Alfama Lisboa Portugal Hand Painted

Vintage Tino Ceramic Tile Alfama Lisboa, Portugal. This piece is incredibly detailed and doesn’t miss a beat in the village culture from the hanging laundry, Beco Do Pocinho street sign, steeple in the background, narrow street and of course the vendors and people.
A Short History of Alfama: https://www.thegeographicalcure.com/post/a-cobbled-stroll-through-alfama-lisbon-s-oldest-neighborhood
Alfama is the oldest and liveliest district of Lisbon. The name Alfama comes from the arabic word al-hamma, which refers to baths and fountains. And the white washed buildings are a callback to Moorish times. Then, Alfama was a neighborhood for the wealthy.
Alfama was initially inhabited by Romans and then by the Visigoths. After that, it became a Moorish foothold. When the Moors were vanquished, the rich moved out and Alfama became inhabited by fishermen and the poor.
By the 19th century, it was a gloomy depressing area. After the reign of dictator António de Oliveira Salazar, Alfama was largely a