Monday Murals - at Santiago Park in Viseu

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.

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At Santiago Urban Park (at Cidade Salamanca street), I found a couple of murals.

Aurora - Painted in July 2021, by "Os Ruido" (The noise), the name of a creative project by Portuguese artists Draw (Frederico Soares Campos) and Alma (Rodrigo Guinea Gonçalves), the mural was inspired by Spring colours

         

Painted by Portuguese artist Bigod (João Domingos), who uses the stencil technique. This mural can be seen in same park, and was inspired by the gardens in Viseu.

This next mural was also at the park (maybe at the back of the Aurora mural, but can't recall now). On top left says "check-up" and shows a man who is bound and gagged in front of a computer.

Couldn't find any info on the artist.

Viseu sign at Santiago Park

Monday Murals - School murals in Viseu

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Mural painted in August 2020 by Jorge Charrua, for the CubomagicoViseu program (MagiccubeViseu). It was inspired by a reflection on the importance of personal space as an extension of our personal expression and identity. It is a crucial place in human development, where we can get to know ourselves, experiment and fail. 

It can be seen at Basic School 1 CEB of Ribeira, at Largo Major Monteiro Leite 90, in Viseu.

Another mural at the same school was painted by Pedro Podre, and portrays Almeida Moreira, a former military Captain, collector, professor, artist, and an important figure in Viseu in his time.

He was the founder and first director of the National Museum Grão Vasco, was a Municipal councillor. As administrator of the Tourism Committee, he was responsible for promoting Viseu in the cinema, public art, and photography.

The panel of blue tiles that could be seen in one of my previous post was commissioned by Captain Moreira to beautify the Rossio curve, now one of Viseu's iconic features.

He was born in 1873 and died in 1939.

      Tiled wall, commissioned by Captain Moreira to beautify the Rossio curve.

Monday Murals - Women

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More murals from the central region town of Viseu in Portugal, from my visit in March 2025.

Painted by Lula Goce, a Spanish artist, for "Tons de Primavera 2018" (Spring Colours 2018), a project which was curated by the artist Frederico Draw. It can be found in Rua (street) Serrado 1A.

She also painted "Lady in Pink" in Doha, which I posted in January this year.

The next mural was painted by Portuguese artist Frederico Draw  for "Tons de Primavera 2015" (Spring Colours 2015), and can be seen on the corner of Rua Sra. da Piedade 49.

The building looked abandoned but the mural was still in reasonable shape.

Monday Murals - Girl with camellias

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And it's now time for the murals from my visit to Portugal in March 2025.

The murals today are from Viseu, a town in the center of Portugal, just half an hour drive from where we used to live before we moved to Australia. It's actually among my favourite towns in Portugal, the other one being Aveiro.

Painted by Ricardo Romero, for "Tons da Primavera" (Spring colours) in July 2021. It's a reinterpretation of the artwork "Girl with camellias" painted in 1912, by local artist José de Almeida e Silva (1864-1945).

It can be found in the center of the town in an area called "Rossio".

Original painted from 1912 "Girl with camellias"

Here you can see the mural in the distance with a wall with azulejos (tiles) in the foreground, by Joaquim Francisco Lopes (1886-1956) which was inaugurated in 1931. This wall is an iconic tourist attraction and has been classified as a "Monument of Municipal interest". 

Painted by João Samina, also known as Samina, this mural was painted in 2018 for the "Tons da Primavera" (Spring Tones), and features a portrait of the writer Aquilino Ribeiro (1885-1963), who was born in the area. Can be found at Travessa das Escadinhas da Se, just off the historical street, Rua Direita (Straight street, which is not straight at all!).

"Situs Inversus - Coração Apertado" (Situs inversus - tight chest), part of the 

4th edition of the Jardins Efémeros festival in 2014, and was created by Liliana Rodrigues, with the collaboration of João Bastos, André Gavino, André Grilo and Rúben Rocha.

Can be found on a lateral wall at Nr. 43 Rua Alexandre Herculano, one of the city's most important arteries.

** "Situs inversus" -  is a rare congenital condition where the organs of the thorax and abdomen are positioned in a mirror-image orientation compared to where they would normally be found. It is a heart that appears on a lateral wall."

This looks like a Banksy style mural, also from Viseu. Not sure of the artist, just thought it would go well with the heart mural above.

Monday Murals - The Fire Station Museum - 100 days of blockade

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And it appears this will be my last post (the 19th!) with murals from Qatar.

I was amazed at all the art I came across and there were many more murals I didn't see. Karina tells me she's found more, so looking forward to our next visit :)

                                 

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The "100 Days of Blockade" mural project in Doha, Qatar, was an initiative by Qatar Museums to use art as a means of expressing solidarity with the country during the 2017 diplomatic and economic blockade. There were a couple of murals painted with this theme, and here are two I found at the FireStation Museum.

Painted in 2017 by Serbian born, Qatar based artist Dimitrije Bugarski, this striking mural located on the former fire training tower in the courtyard, featuring a split portrait of Qatar's current Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani and his father the former Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. 

On another wall of the Fire Station Museum is a mural painted by Qatari artist Mubarak Al Malik showing a clenched fist breaking through barbed wire.

The blockade (embargo) against Qatar began in June 2017 and ended in January 2021. Back then Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Senegal, Comoros, Djibouti, Jordan...cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of sponsoring terrorism - by blocking its use of land, sea and air space over those countries.

Monday Murals -The Fire Station Museum in Doha II

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks Sami

Various other murals from the Fire Station Museum:

A 2017 mural by German artist Tomislav Topic of the artist duo "Quintessenz", commissioned by the German embassy in Doha and the Goethe Institut, Gulf Region, as part of Qatar-Germany 2017 Year of Culture.

Inspired by Qatar's nature, culture, and colors, Qatari artist Nada Khozestani's women wearing colorful abayas can be found on one of the Gallery walls.

       

Noura Al-Mansoori, the artist that painted the Shroomy Ladybug mural from my previous post also painted "The Cool Dove" at the Fire Station in 2020.

                       

                         
            

                     

The two murals above can be seen from this outdoor cafe where Karina and Jose  sat enjoying a coffee while I photographed the murals.

Other aspects and art in the courtyard of the Fire station museum.

                                                               

Monday Murals - The Fire Station Museum in Doha I

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These murals are from the Fire Station Museum which we visited on the 8th January 2025, during our December/January visit to Doha. The former fire station has been converted into a contemporary art space, showcasing art and artists, and nurturing emerging talent.

These murals were on the facade of the museum's building.

This first mural was painted by self-taught Qatari artist Abdulla Al Emadi, called "Mechanical Dreams" - a portrayal of a mechanical robot wearing traditional Qatari clothing.

"Shroomy Ladybug" - painted by Noora Al Mansoori

"The ladybug symbolizes luck and the mushroom symbolizes magic and power, and together they create a symbol manifesting a wonderful life" as per the artist.

One of the many stone sculptures outside the Fire Station Museum