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Reguengos de Monsaraz (European Portuguese pronunciation: [rɨˈɣẽɡuʒ ðɨ mõsɐˈɾaʃ] ⓘ) is a municipality in Évora District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,828, [1] in an area of 464.00 km 2. [2]
The Rocha dos Namorados (Lovers’ Rock) is a large upright granite stone located in the parish of Corval, municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, in the Évora District of the Alentejo region of Portugal. [1]
Moche portrait vessel, Musée du quai Branly, ca. 100—700 CE, 16 x 29 x 22 cm Jane Osti (Cherokee Nation), with her award-winning pottery, 2006. Ceramics of Indigenous peoples of the Americas is an art form with at least a 7500-year history in the Americas. [1] Pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component.
Saint Peter is at the centre of the symmetrical composition, sitting on an ornate Italianate pontifical throne making the blessing gesture toward the viewer, in full Papal regalia: the ample cope, of rich red brocade, features finely woven ornamental motifs in gold thread and medallions with angels holding the Instruments of the Passion, pearls and precious stones; the papal tiara features ...
Barro negro (black clay) pottery is a style of pottery distinguished by its color, sheen and unique designs, and is most often associated with the town of San Bartolo Coyotepec. [35] The origins of this pottery style extends as far back as the Monte Albán period and for almost all of its history, had been available only in a matte grayish ...
São Pedro (Portuguese for Saint Peter) is the easternmost civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores. It is part of the historic downtown of Ponta Delgada. The population in 2011 was 7,742, [1] in an area of 2.89 km 2. [2] The parish was first incorporated in 1976.
São Pedro (Portuguese for Saint Peter) is one of the five urban civil parishes of the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,460, [1] in an area of 3.66 square kilometres (1.41 sq mi). [2] [3] The parish has a median elevation of 7 metres (23 ft).
High fire ceramic with traditional designs at the Museo Regional de la Ceramica, Tlaquepaque.. Ceramics of Jalisco, Mexico has a history that extends far back in the pre Hispanic period, but modern production is the result of techniques introduced by the Spanish during the colonial period and the introduction of high-fire production in the 1950s and 1960s by Jorge Wilmot and Ken Edwards.