HOOP Earrings ATRIO Portugal Tile Antique Azulejo Pinterest CoIMBRA 1590 - Stainless Steel 1.25" Gift Box Included - Ships from USA

These earrings are cute small gold hoops 1" with a 6mm wide bottom. They have a Portuguese tile replica inlay. They are a perfect gift and will come with lovely packaging for yourself, a friend, coworker, sister, mom, wife or girlfriend! Perfect little pieces of Portuguese history! These sweet hoops are 1" in diameter and are 6.3mm wide. They will come in a gift box. These tiles can be found inside the Correios of Óbidos. According the the Visit Portugal site, here is the history of the church: According to tradition, the origin of this church dates back to the Visigothic period, having been converted into a mosque during the Muslim period and converted to Christianity after D. Afonso Henriques conquered the village in 1148, consecrating it to Marian Devotion. From 1210, the town of Óbidos became part of the Casa das Rainhas, benefiting from the artistic and religious patronage of the Crown for the next six hundred years. The various modifications in the Church of Saint Mary are testament to this fact. The temple that today sits in the Santa Maria Square, at the bottom of the Rua Direita main street, dates from the 16th century and was built by the initiative of Queen D. Leonor, wife of D. João II. It was in this church that, on August 15, 1441, the infant D. Afonso (later King D. Afonso V of Portugal) married his cousin D. Isabel, at the ages of ten and eight. From 1571, given its state of ruin, it was thoroughly renovated by order of Queen D. Catherine of Austria, to its present configuration. At the entrance, on the Mannerist portal, one sees an image of Our Lady of the Assumption, patroness of the parish. Next to the altar the Renaissance tomb of D. João de Noronha ("The Lad"), captain of Óbidos in the 16th century, deserves to be admired. It is a masterpiece of Renaissance tomb sculptures, attributed to Frenchman Nicolau Chanterenne. In addition, one can observe paintings by Baltazar Gomes Figueira and the famous Josefa de Óbidos (1634-1684), which

• These sweet hoops are 1" in diameter and are 6.3mm wide. They will come in a gift box. Solid Stainless Steel and lightweight.