SILVES
Silves is located high on a hill overlooking the mountain range of Monchique, by the river Arade, which is responsible both for the City’s most outstanding moments of glory as well as for it’s downfalls.
Silves knows human life since the most remote times and probably had it´s origins in a Phoenician site located approximately 2 kilometres away from the city. It also reflects the influence of the Roman period and was described by geographers of the 12th century as grand and magnificent, compared in greatness to cities like Lisbon, Seville and Cordoba.
It was during the Arab occupation that the city became an important economical, social and cultural centre and was described as the ‘place of birth of Arabe and Andalusian poetry’. The city’s monuments are from this period, namely the magnificent and well preserved castle and the ‘Almóada’ Cistern/Well, which is unique in the world.
Places to visit:
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Castle Arab architecture, medieval castle..
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Igreja Sé (Sé Church) na old Muslim mosque from the 12th century which was the Algarve´s Cathedral until the end of the16th century..
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Cruz de Portugal (Cross of Portugal) from the 16th century.
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Igreja da Misericórdia séc. XVI.
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires (Church of Our Lady of Martyrs) from the 12th century, refurbished during the 18th century.
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Beaches – Armação de Pêra
Travel Agency - License nr 831/1996
Passenger Transporter - License nr 345/2004
International EU Transport License nr 310/2004
Sociedade por Quotas - Capital Social 100 080.00 €uros
Contribuinte nº PT 503 495 956
Matriculada na
C. R. C. de Albufeira, sob o nº 01857/980515
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