Old town gate Portas da Cidade by night, Silves, Algarve, Portugal

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Silves is the city with the most important islamic history in the Algarve. It has been an important cultural centre of the moorish empire. In that time it was called Xelb. .

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Size: 5400px × 3615px
Location: Silves, Algarve, Portugal
Photo credit: © Cro Magnon / Alamy / Afripics
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