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Distances in miles and kilometers from Silves, Faro to other cities in PortugalMeasures calculated from coordinates 37°11′23″N 08°26′18″W in a straight line: | |
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Google Earth and GPS Waypoint Coordinates (KML, WPT, GPX) SilvesThe following files can be imported from Google Earth or used as Waypoints for GPS |
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Tourist information about SilvesTourist and cultural information on nearby sites by coordinates: |
Silves Cathedral The Silves Cathedral is a cathedral in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. A mosque, built during the Moorish rule of the Iberian Peninsula, was originally located in its current place, and was later mostly restructured and converted into a Catholic cathedral after the (...) Silves Silves may refer to : (...) Silves, Portugal Silves is a municipality in the Portuguese Algarve of southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 37,126, in an area of 680.06 km². The urbanized area includes approximately 11,000 inhabitants. Silves is the former capital of the Algarve and is of great historical importance. (...) Castle of Silves 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 were built upon a possible Lusitanian castro, by the Romans or Visigoths (...) Taifa of Silves The Taifa of Silves was a Muslim taifa Moorish kingdom that existed in what is now southern Portugal for two distinct periods: from 1027 to 1063, and again from 1145 to 1150, when it was finally conquered by the Almohad Caliphate (...) |