Mouraria and Graça Street Art

The Escadinhas de São Cristóvão are a set of steep, winding stairs in the Mouraria district that serve as a direct path between the Rua da Madalena and the Rua de São Cristóvão. These stairs lead upward toward a church of the same name, a…

Beco das Farinhas is a short, narrow passage situated within the historic core of Lisbon, in what was traditionally the parish of São Cristóvão e São Lourenço. This tight alleyway serves as a point of entry to the broader Rua das Farinhas,…

Rua do Capelão is marked at its entrance by a stone sculpture of a Portuguese guitar, signaling its identity as the symbolic heart of fado music in the Mouraria neighborhood. Known historically as a site of deep cultural roots, this narrow…

In the Graça neighborhood, at number thirty-nine Rua da Senhora da Glória, stood a mural that defined the collaboration between the Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, known as Vhils, and the American artist Shepard Fairey. The work…

Graça is defined by steep, narrow streets and layers of street art that turn historic walls into an open-air gallery. These murals exist between traditional tile-covered houses and small residential squares. The art ranges from sanctioned,…

In the Graça neighborhood at thirty-nine Rua da Senhora da Glória, two distinct artistic worlds once converged on a single building facade. The mural, created in July two thousand seventeen, featured a woman’s portrait split down the…

The Half Young Panda is a sculptural wall relief created by the Lisbon-born artist Artur Bordalo, known as Bordalo II. You can distinguish this piece from a distance by the familiar, endearing face of a panda, which appears to emerge from…