SILVES - The Ancient Moorish Capital
August 11th 2015 When the Moors invaded the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century, they selected for their capital a hill located on a river amid rich arable land a few miles inland, named it “Xelb”, and surrounded it with orange and almond trees. They crowned the hill with a castle-fortress to house rulers, administrators and their families, with underground grain storage silos and an enormous cistern f
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Lorraine Brecht
Wonderful detail! I thought I had been to Silves on on of my local Portugal tours but nothing looks familiar? I would have remembered this cross for sure ;o)