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Location: Silves
Price: €121,000
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 0
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Type: Home
Status: Active
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Full Description:
Condition: Good
The former Moorish capital of the Algarve, PortugalSilves & surroundings, hotels, holiday villas & apartments, golf, events, restaurants, points of interest, history and many more useful information.The origin of this town traces back to some 1.000 BC and it was already a notable place in Roman times. During the Moorish occupation in the early 11th Century it was given the name of Xelb. They constructed lavish palaces and it became the cultural centre of learning for the whole Iberian Peninsula under the mantle of Cordoba in Spain. In 1189 it had already 15.000 inhabitants, when the city was sacked by the Knights of Santiago with support of Anglo-Norman crusaders. The importance of Silves continued under the control of the Portuguese kings until the 15th Century, when its commerce began to shrink due to the sitting-up of the Rio Arcade, Silves access to the sea.
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