Glazed tiles
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Alto Douro | Estação Ferroviária do Pinhão | |
| Angra do Heroismo | Azulejos | |
| Belem | Azulejos in the refectory of the Monastery | |
| Bukhara | ||
| Burgundy | Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon ; Hospices de Beaune ; Hôtel de Vogüé | |
| Bursa and Cumalikizik | Green Mosque, is covered with Iznik glazed tiles (AB ev) | |
| Changdeokgung Palace Complex | Seonjeongjeon still has the old-style glazed blue tiles, that once were common in Korea. Now Changdeokgung is one of the only places in Korea these tiles can still be found | |
| Erbil Citadel | On the minaret | |
| Evora | Azulejos | |
| Granada | ||
| Humayun's Tomb | ||
| Imperial Palace | Beijing Imperial palace for its yellow glazed tiles. | |
| Ironbridge Gorge | Tile factory in Jackfield | |
| Istanbul | Blue Mosque | |
| Itchan Kala | ||
| Kunya-Urgench | ||
| Lima | The Monastery of San Francisco had an azulejos workshop (AB ev), and there are still several in situ at both the Monastery and the Cathedral | |
| Makli, Thatta | Jama Mosque | |
| Masjed-e Jâme' | ||
| Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi | ||
| Meidan Emam, Esfahan | ||
| Minaret of Jam | ||
| Monastery of Alcobaça | In the kitchen of the monastery | |
| Mount Taishan | Azure Cloud Goddess Temple | |
| Mount Wutai | Pusading Temple, one of the few temples that allowed to use imperial yellow glazed tiles. | |
| Mudejar Architecture of Aragon | "it is characterized by an extremely refined and inventive use of brick and glazed tiles in architecture" (AB ev) | |
| Naples | Santa Chiara | |
| Oporto | Azulejos | |
| Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau | ||
| Puebla | Azulejos | |
| Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans | ornately patterned, glazed tile roofs (AB ev) | |
| Rohtas Fort | The tiles on Shishi gate are the earliest example of the usage of glazed tiles that became popular with the Mughals. | |
| Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil | Tomb Tower of Shaykh Safi | |
| Samarkand | ||
| Selimiye Mosque | Iznik tiles | |
| Shakhrisyabz | ||
| Sintra | Azulejos | |
| Site of Xanadu | glazed tiles were found (AB ev) | |
| Soltaniyeh | The applied decoration is virtually a ‘museum’ of glazed tile work and painted stucco. (AB ev) | |
| São Luis | Azulejos | |
| Temple of Heaven | ||
| Trinity Sergius Lavra | The Church of the Holy Spirit (Dukhovskaya>... The interior walls have the earliest examples of the use of glazed tiles for decoration (AB ev) | |
| University of Coimbra | Azulejos in the main university building | |
| Works of Antoni Gaudí | ||
| Yazd | Jame mosque: the portal's facade is decorated from top to bottom in dazzling tile work, predominantly blue in colour. (wiki) |
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