Azulejo panels inside Sao Bento station, Porto, Portugal. Egas Moniz panel, particular.

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The most notable aspect of São Bento Station are the large, magnificent tile panels in the vestible. The tiles number 20 thousand, date from 1905–1916 and are the work of Jorge Colaço, the most important azulejo painter of the time. The panels depict landscapes, ethnographic scenes as well as historical events like the meeting of knight Egas Moniz and Alfonso VII of León (12th century), the arrival of King John I and Philippa of Lancaster in Porto (1387) and the Conquest of Ceuta (1415).

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Size: 2592px × 3872px
Location: Porto, Portugal
Photo credit: © Roberto Esposti / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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