Castelo de Silves

Faro · Portugal

Castelo de Silves, Portugal
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Built of distinctive red sandstone, this Moorish castle crowns the former capital of the Algarve above the Arade river. Its ramparts, cisterns and towers recall the era when Silves was a major Islamic city.

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