Lisbon, Porto and Portugal Posters: Tram and Dom Luis Bridge

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Lisbon posters: tram and lanes

Brunelia’s Lisbon posters collection pairs the yellow tram, the city’s emblem, with its landmarks and neighborhoods: St. George’s Castle above the Alfama, Belém Tower, the Santa Justa Lift, and azulejo-lined lanes.

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Porto and Portugal posters: bridge and seaside

The Portugal posters collection widens the view to Porto (Dom Luis Bridge, Art Deco style) and the Portuguese seaside, in the same graphic spirit.

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Where to hang a Portugal poster

These posters suit an entryway, a hallway or a living room, alongside other European cities. The A3 size works on most walls; for a hallway with several frames, a smaller size like A4 works well as a series.

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Lisbon and Porto, 2 very different visual identities

Lisbon and Porto share a country but not a setting. Lisbon is recognized by its hills, its façades covered in azulejos (the blue and white ceramic tiles typical of Portugal) and its yellow tram climbing the cobbled lanes. Porto is recognized by its 2-level metal bridge over the Douro and the colorful houses packed together along the river. 2 images, 2 moods, for 2 posters that can’t stand in for one another.

Lisbon, azulejos and hills

Azulejos, the ceramic tiles painted in blue and white (sometimes yellow or green), cover many Lisbon façades and often return as a background pattern on posters of the city, alongside the yellow tram and the sloping lanes of the Alfama district.

Porto, the Dom Luis Bridge and the wine cellars

The Dom Luis Bridge, an iron structure with 2 stacked decks, spans the Douro between central Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, the district of the port wine cellars on the opposite bank. The houses with colorful façades in the Ribeira district, packed along the river, complete this image of Porto, different from Lisbon’s despite the proximity of the 2 cities.

2 cities to pair or to choose on their own

A Lisbon poster and a Porto poster look good side by side, each keeping its own palette (blue and white for Lisbon, the warm tones of the river and rooftops for Porto), with no need to match them exactly.

A hallway with the 2 cities face to face

In a hallway, a Lisbon poster and a Porto poster, each in A3, hung at the same height on opposite walls, tell the story of the country in 2 images rather than one, without feeling like a repetitive series.

A dining room or bar corner with Porto

The Porto poster, with its Dom Luís Bridge and its rabelo boat loaded with barrels, naturally finds its place in a dining room or bar corner, echoing port wine, with no need for another decorative object to make the connection.

An entryway with Lisbon on its own

The Lisbon poster, more graphic with its azulejos and its tram, also works well on its own in an entryway, in A2 if the wall allows, to mark the arrival without piling up several frames.