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Šilb شلب

Today: Silves, Portugal

Years: 713–1249
Role: Capital of the Algarve

Capital of the Algarve (al-Ġarb), Šilb was praised by the geographers for its red-sandstone buildings, its port on the Arade and its poets; the taifa king al-Muʿtamid of Seville had governed it as a young man. It passed definitively to Portugal in 1249.

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Castelo de Silves (Alcazaba de Šilb): Fortress, 8th to 13th century

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