• municipality of Silves Castle of Silves, a medieval castle in civil parish of Silves Diocese of Silves, former bishopric with see in Silves Silves Cathedral...
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    municipality of Silves in 2011 was 37,126, in an area of 680.06 km2. The urbanized area of the city proper has approximately 11,000 inhabitants. Silves is the...
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  • Siege of Silves may refer to: Siege of Silves (1063) Siege of Silves (1189), part of the Third Crusade Siege of Silves (1190) Siege of Silves (1191) Raid...
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  • The raid on Silves was an attack by the German Crusade on the Almohad city of Silves in 1197. In 1189, the Portuguese led by King Sancho I of Portugal...
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    The siege of Silves in 1191 was a successful operation by the Almohads to recapture the city of Silves from the Portuguese whom they held from 1189. In...
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    The Castle of Silves is a castle in the civil parish of Silves in the municipality of Silves in the Portuguese Algarve. It's believed that the first fortifications...
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  • Silves Municipality may refer to: Silves Municipality, Portugal Silves, Amazonas, Brazil (municipality) This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
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  • foundation of the County of Portugal in 868. King Sancho I had captured Silves in Algarve in 1189, however the great Muslim city was retaken by the Almohads...
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    The Silves Cathedral (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Silves) is a former cathedral in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. A mosque...
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    siege of Silves in 1190 was a military confrontation of the Reconquista, occurring during the sixth Almohad invasion of Portugal. The city of Silves, conquered...
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  • The Battle of Silves took place in June 1182 between the Almohad fleet and a Portuguese fleet off the coast of Silves. The Almohad fleet inflicted a severe...
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    region of Algarve, near Cape St. Vincent, with its capital in Silves. The Taifa of Silves was constituted in the early 11th century and starting from 1048...
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  • only Diogo de Sunis or Diogo de Silves should be entertained as readings from the smudged surname, and opted for Silves simply because Portuguese surnames...
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  • Silves Futebol Clube is a Portuguese football club from Silves in the Algarve and playing in the Algarve Football Association's league in the Portuguese...
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    (Loulé) Silves Tavira Vila Real de Santo António Alcantarilha (Silves) Alcoutim Algoz (Silves) Almancil (Loulé) Alvor (Portimão) Armação de Pêra (Silves) Aljezur...
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    Silves or Ilha de Silves is an island municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. It is located 10 km straight line north or about 40 km by...
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    Reconquista. The title King of Silves was first used by Sancho I of Portugal after the first conquest of the Algarvian city of Silves in 1189. At the time of...
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  • assisted King Sancho I of Portugal in besieging Silves from 21 July to 3 September 1189. After the fall of Silves, according to an eyewitness account, the De...
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    Silves is a railway station on the Algarve line which serves Silves, Portugal. It opened on 1 February 1902. The station is now without staff. As of May...
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    of Silves in south-western Iberia, the Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur decided to undertake a number of vigorous campaigns against Portugal. Silves was...
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    The siege of Silves was an action of the Third Crusade and the Portuguese Reconquista in 1189. The city of Silves in the Almohad Caliphate was besieged...
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    a village in the civil parish of Algoz e Tunes, in the municipality of Silves, in Algarve region, Portugal. It was the seat of its own civil parish until...
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    governor. The main cities were in the southern half of the country: Beja, Silves, Alcácer do Sal, Santarém and Lisbon. The Muslim population consisted mainly...
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    2023. "The Medieval Fair returns to Silves". The Portugal News. Retrieved 16 October 2023. "Feira Medieval de Silves transportou 154 mil pessoas para o...
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  • and Silves had to be abandoned, but the caliph overwintered in Seville. The campaign of 1191 reversed Portugal's recent reconquests, captured Silves after...
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    major city of Silves, the most important one in the Gharb al-Andalus. On July 20, 1189, the Portuguese host set up camp close to Silves just as the crusader...
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    Pharaonensis), also called the Diocese of the Algarve and formerly the Diocese of Silves, is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Portugal. It is a suffragan...
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    Algoz (category Former parishes of Silves, Portugal)
    Silves municipality, is in an area of the Algarve called the Barrocal or gulley region. It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south east of the city of Silves...
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    invade Portugal after they conquered Silves. Yaqub was joined by forces from Seville and Granada and laid siege to Silves but he left operations in the hands...
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    decline of the importance of the city of Silves (which was made the regional bishopric as Diocese of Silves shortly during and properly after the Reconquista)...
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