Photo de stock - Silves is a town on the Portuguese Algarve, in the district of Faro. It is located near a Roman bridge over the Arade River and thus controls the river valley down to the coast. The town was occupied by the Moors in 713 and became part of the Ummayad kingdom under the Arabic name of Shilb. In the 10th century, it was one of the most important towns of western Al_Andalus. Silves became an independent taifa in 1027. The town went back and forth between Moorish and Christian hands until it was finally conquered by the Christian knights of the Order of Santiago in 1242.

Photo de stock: Silves is a town on the Portuguese Algarve, in the district of Faro. It is located near a Roman bridge over the Arade River and thus controls the river valley.

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