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| An Alentejo House with it's typical "Murat finishing" |
The
Alentejo is that part of Portugal’s territory immediately north of
Algarve and goes all the way up to the river Tejo, as a general
reference.
It stretches across two thirds of central and southern
Portugal and takes in undulating prairies, endless olive trees, cork
trees, wheat fields, white-washed houses, Roman ruins, charming towns
and an all embracing tranquillity.
Its
houses are very typical. Post-card typical. White-washed with a vibrant
blue, or dark yellow, stripe on its contours which is what gives them
their unmistakable identity.
The simplistic but remarkable contrast
of this against the remainder of its whitewashed walls have made these
houses centrepieces of many an artist’s work.
