Arraiolos, Portugal Tourism

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in a kind of cross-stitch.

This form of carpetmaking, presumably inherited from the Moors, has been practiced here since the 17th C. The early designs were mainly Persian imitations, subsequently becoming geometric and more local. Arraiolos carpets, still mostly in strong colors, have been back in fashion since the mid 1970s, and are sold in other Alentejo towns, such as Évora, as well as in Arraiolos itself.