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The aim of this conference is to discuss azulejos and other architectural glazed ceramics of historic interest manufactured and applied anywhere in the world, their history, characteristics, decay, conservation and museology as well as related issues.

Main themes to be addressed are:

• Aspects in Art History;
• Historical context of the workshops and factories and their technology, as well as of the origin, production and routes of raw materials;
• Studies in the characterization of architectural glazed ceramics and their materials;
• Application and interactions with the environment;
• Decay of integrated glazed ceramics, its causes and remedies;
• Conservation and restoration methods and materials;
• Intervention cases and lessons learnt therefrom;
• Socio-cultural context and other intangible aspects;
• Museology and display;
• Other research results and research needs in the field.

Other themes relevant to the object of the event may be considered- please contact the organizers.

The event will be made of invited lectures, and communications by researchers and practitioners.

The Conference is organized jointly by Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil and Museu Nacional do Azulejo as an outcome of the CerAzul project and a networking activity of the transnational research consortium IPERION CH and the Portuguese research infrastructure IPERION-CH.pt.

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