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ISLAMIC ART IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (IAM) EXHIBITION TRAILS
IN THE LANDS OF THE ENCHANTED MOORISH MAIDEN
Islamic Art in Portugal
 
 
 

Portuguese contribution to Islamic Art in the Mediterranean comes with a mysterious name as it is said in a very famous Portuguese lullaby: “In the Lands of the Enchanted Moorish Maiden”.

This was the first of the Exhibition Trails' cycle of Islamic Art in the Mediterranean. Its catalogue was first published in Portuguese which was followed by English, French, Italian and Spanish versions.

Organiser(s): Office of the Secretary of State of Tourism of Ministry of Economy, Cultural Tourism Growth Programme, Portuguese Directorate-General for Tourism

Coorganiser(s): Museum With No Frontiers
Portugal, from 1998 to 1999