{"id":868,"date":"2010-04-21T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2010-04-21T13:04:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T13:04:04","slug":"silves-algarve-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/04\/21\/silves-algarve-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Silves Algarve Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A town which formerly rivalled Lisbon in prosperity and influence, <a title=\"Silves Portugal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needahandspanishproperties.com\/silves.html\">Silves<\/a> on the Algarve, Portugal was known as Xelb by the Moors and was their stronghold in the region, having a huge fortress and a population of around 30,000 by the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century. Silves was an important trading town with boats arriving via the River Arade and leaving packed with cargoes of citrus fruit, figs and cork, the town was a buzzing community filled with mosques, bazaars and minarets. This all came to an end in 1189, when the town was subjected to a siege by Sancho I together with a band of English crusaders. After holding out for some months, the Moorish occupants finally surrendered due to a lack of water, the town was subsequently sacked and many of its citizens killed. <a title=\"Silves Weather\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needahandspanishproperties.com\/silves-weather.html\">Silves<\/a> today is a busy town, still important for citrus fruits, figs and cork, but with an emphasis on tourism, its attractive old town, a maze of narrow, cobbled streets dotted with caf\u00e9s, restaurants and souvenir shops, its castle and a number of its older buildings, survived the 1755 earthquake. <a title=\"Silves Map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needahandspanishproperties.com\/silves-map.html\">Silves Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A town which formerly rivalled Lisbon in prosperity and influence, Silves on the Algarve, Portugal was known as Xelb by the Moors and was their stronghold in the region, having a huge fortress and a population of around 30,000 by the 12th century. Silves was an important trading town with boats arriving via the River [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,6,49],"tags":[516,550],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}