Themes

Art

The history of tile production in Lisbon through its main protagonists. Here you will also find the main expressed genres: the chinoiserie, the fêtes galantes, and the singeries.

Philosophy

On the walls, we can follow the essential moral and philosophical ideas that permeate the cultural production of the 17th and 18th centuries.

History

Using a historical discourse, the battle rooms, the portrait galleries, and also the hagiographies intend to justify the place that institutions and individuals occupy in society.

Science

The importance of scientific knowledge in the education system and in conducting the Christian expansion was the subject of several sets of tiles.

Literature

For the instruction and delight of visitors, fables, poems, and parables were transposed into architecture using tiles.

Theology

Tiles served as support for the doctrine of religious and moral principles.