Inaugurated on the 3rd of March 2001, Travassos’ Gold Museum is the embodiment of an intention to distinguish and dignify handcrafted Portuguese goldsmith work.

Travassos has been chosen as the ideal location for the Gold museum given the fact that a number of workshops are still active, and architectonic memories of many others abound. Besides the creation of the historical place and the rehabilitation of some old workshops, the Museum is also an active institution. It serves the local community and helps to increase and reveal the traditional knowledge and values...

Think the beautiful Portuguese tiles are only known to those lucky enough to live in Portugal? Guess again!
Portuguese Tiles, or azulejos, are known and desired all over the world.
There are complete city streets done in Portuguese tiles in Saudi Arabia as well as large, elaborate patios in Beverly Hills, California and Paris, France...

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The art was introduced to Portugal, via Spain, by the Moors, who had learned the craft from the Persians. The word azulejo is derived from the Arabic word: "al zulayj" : Zellige, meaning "polished stone". This origin explains the unmistakable Arab influences in many tiles: interlocking curvilinear, geometric or...