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Silves, Portugal

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August 14th 2017
Spent the morning walking around Silves. We were the first tourists inside the castle and had it all to ourselves for most of our walk around. There was not much to the castle, but the views were nice. After viewing the castle we walked through town a bit. A very pretty little village. They had a big medieval festival going on in town. In some of the pictures you see green banners. They are repres ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more