Barreiro train station vicinity

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Although it is a city in its own right, Barreiro seems like a suburb of Lisbon.  It is most easily accessed by a short ferry ride across the Tagus River from central Lisbon. The Barreiro  train station is next to the ferry dock.  There are now numerous murals in Barreiro in part because of a project called Art in Town run by the City Council and ADAO.

The building in the middle is ADAO Headquarters (Associação Desenvolvimento Artes e Ofícios, translation: Assoc for the Development of Arts and Crafts)

view from bridge, ADAO headquarters, an old industrial site, with street art murals on it

below: A hole in the concrete wall provides a short cut across the tracks as well as a different view of the murals painted by Gonçalo Mar (aka Gonçalo Ribeiro) and Odheit

concrete fence with part removed for a walkway, building with murals in the background

below: On the fence, a owl keeps a watchful eye on passers-by

on a concrete block wall, a street art painting of an owl's face

graffiti on a small metal box beside the railway tracks, line drawing of a man's face, frowning or scowling

black stencil on old concrete wall, portrait of a man with a mustache

below: A closer view of the ADAO Headquarters mural . The fish-like figures swimming on the walls appear frequently in Mar’s work.

mural by Mar on A D A O building by the train station in Barreiro Portugal. Hands. Fish like creatures, a big pink flower, an adult habd reaching out and touching fingers of a small child's hand, grey hexagons

below: A head with long flowing grey and turquoise hair emerges from the hexagons.

mural of the head of a grey faced older woman with eyes closed, flowing grey hair, emerging from grey and turquoise hexagons

below: Backyard view

back of an old industrial building with a small fenced in yard, old plastic chairs, graffiti on walls,

below: Punk red feathers

street art painting in a yard, a brown skinned man with red feathers in his hair and orange paint marks on his face

below: Two street art portraits; the woman on the right was painted by Pedro Pinhal

two portraits, street art, on the left in black and white, an older wrinkled faced man while on the right in colour, a younger brown woman with a metal head band and necklace
a black and white street art portrait of a man with bald forehead but long hair at the back, hoop ear rings and necklaces

below: A mermaid, octopus, paper sailboat, and fish bones

mural in shades of grey, marine theme, a paper sailboat sails above a topless mermaid and an octopus

street art mural, large fish showing just the bones

below: Ursa’s laptop and old flip phone has begun to sprout.

mural of an old flip phone and open laptop that have begun to sprout new growth

below: Old School Futuristes

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below: Each one teach one

text that says each one teach one in a mural, surrounded by tag text calligraphy in a mural

below: Rays of sunshine above with sharp angles of concrete below.

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below: Back to the front of the ADAO Headquarters ….

view of front of A D A O building in Barreiro, covered with murals

below: …. where this beauty stands by the entrance.

view of part of mural by Mar, including a naked overweight figure

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