Oh – you find it boring – the guest said and laughed. I guess it’s worth a visit if you are interested in different tile traditions and techniques…. We usually don’t recommend it to people who visit Lisbon for the first time because there are so many other things and places we find more interesting. Yesterday one of our guests asked me about our opinion about the Museu Nacional do Azulejo. After several expeditions to Goa in the 21st century to search for them, they were believed to be found in late 2013. The rest of her remains were said to have been buried at the St. She was held in Shiraz for several years until Abbas I, in an act of revenge for the recalcitrance of Teimuraz, ordered the queen to renounce her Christian faith and, upon her refusal, he tortured her to death with red-hot pincers in 1624.Ī Portion of her relics were clandestinely taken by the St Augustine Portuguese Catholic missionaries, eyewitnesses of her martyrdom, to Georgia where they were interred at the Alaverdi Monastery in the Kakheti region. In 1614, sent by Teimuraz as a negotiator to Shah Abbas, Ketevan effectively surrendered herself as an honorary hostage in a failed attempt to prevent Kakheti from being attacked by the Iranian forces. She was killed in Shiraz, Iran, after prolonged torture sessions from the Safavid Suzerains of Georgia for refusing to give up her Christian faith and convert to Islam. Ketevan reigned in Kakheti, a feudal state located in the east of Georgia, at the beginning of the 17th century. I had found them – they were on the walls that surrounded the miniatures miniatures! I forgot all about the mini sculptures and got soaked into the horror story that unrolled in front like an old fashioned cartoon. About a Catholic queen that got tortured to death because she refused to convert to Islam… a story that was described by Portuguese monks on tiled panels in details that are not for sensible souls. Some of the most beautiful I’ve seen.īut what was more interesting: The tiled panels were the ones I have been looking for since I read about them in an Indian Newspaper ages ago. What caught my eyes was the extremely beautiful, tiled panels that cover the huge convent hall’s long walls. It wasn’t the 1587 clay miniatures that caught my interest. I have – but only a few years ago when I went to our neighbour Convento da Graça to see The Procession of Corpus Christi exhibition. Show less.Have you ever heard about the Martyrdom of Georgian Queen Ketevan? Please remember that deleting cookies may affect your experience of our website. Please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service which provides important information about the cookies we use, how we use them and how they can be deleted. Some cookies are also necessary for the technical operation of our website. Cookies allow us to recognize your computer and improve your experience on our website. Cookies are text files containing small amounts of data which are downloaded to your computer, or other device, when you visit a website. This website uses cookies to maximize your experience and help us to understand how we can improve it. By clicking the “Accept” button, or otherwise continuing to use the Site, you consent to G5’s use of cookies and to the terms of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. We have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to reflect recent additions to our services and changes in the law. Sorry for interrupting, but there is something we need to tell you.
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