Portuguese Terracotta Floor Tiles

We provide a wide network of traditional portuguese pottery items in red clay hand painted with smooth texture.

Portuguese terracotta floor tiles. You are always welcome to visit us for a first hand impression. Both ancient chinese palaces and classical greek temples had roofs built from these tiles. Our products are microwave safe and may be exposed to direct fire. Natural and ecological manual terracotta or tiles are made with a single raw material.

The influence of arab and moorish cultures on the tile making craft is illustrated in the interlocking curvilinear geometric and floral motifs of the traditional blue and white and multi colored patterns. New terracotta is a profoundly portuguese handmade ceramic project. We are happy to tell you about our handmade production but actually we would prefer to show you. Country floors is proud to feature the best of decorative portuguese tile making with our miradouro portuguese tile collection these original designs are actually crafted in portugal.

Back from an excursion to santa catarina in the eastern algarve. Clay or clay something natural and ecological with excellent properties. Versatile terracotta can be applied to the floor in any part of the house or commercial establishment as well as to cover walls ceilings countertops walls pillars. For millennia food has been cooked and served in clay containers.

The word terra cotta means baked earth in italian and its rich orange and brown coloring certainly lives up to its name. For thousands of years and across the world architects favored terracotta tiles to build iconic structures.