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Encyclopedia Britannica



SILVES

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 117 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SILVES , a city of S. Portugal, in the
district
  of Faro (formerly the province of
Algarve
 ); on the right bank of the river Silves at the head of its estuary, and 30 M. W.N.W. of Faro. Pop. (19o0) 9687. Silves is surrounded by Moorish walls and dominated by a Moorish
castle
 . It has a fine
Gothic
 
church
 . It has manufactures of corks and soap; and exports corn, vegetables and fruits. Large numbers of pigs are bred, and fishing is carried on in the river and at sea.
Alphonso
  III. (12101248) wrested Silves from the Moors.


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