Silves may refer to :
Europe
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Silves, Portugal
Silves () is a city and municipality in the Portuguese region of Algarve, in southern Portugal. The population of the entire municipality of Silves in 2011 was 37,126, in an area of 680.06 km2. The urbanized area of the city proper has approx ...
, municipality and former bishopric in Algarve, southern Portugal
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Silves (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of Silves
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Castle of Silves, a medieval castle in civil parish of Silves
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Diocese of Silves
The Diocese of Faro ( la, Dioecesis Pharaonensis), also called the Diocese of the Algarve and formerly the Diocese of Silves, is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Évora. The current bishop of Faro is Dom Manuel Neto Quintas.
History
A see in ...
, former bishopric with see in Silves
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Silves Cathedral
The Silves Cathedral ( pt, Sé Catedral de Silves) is a former cathedral in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. A mosque, built during the Moorish rule of the Iberian Peninsula, was originally located in its current pl ...
, its mother church in the municipality of Silves
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Taifa of Silves
The Taifa of Silves () was an ArabKennedy, Hugh (2014). Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus. Routledge. . taifa kingdom that existed in what is now southern Portugal for two distinct periods: from 1027 to 1063, and agai ...
, medieval Muslim emirate around the city of Silves.
Americas
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Silves, Amazonas
Silves or Ilha de Silves is an island municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. It is located 10 km straight line north or about 40 km by water from the Amazon River, east of Manaus (almost halfway between that city and ...
, municipality in state of
Amazonas
Amazonas may refer to:
Places
* Amazon River, known as ''Amazonas'' in Spanish and Portuguese
*Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil
* Amazonas Department, Colombia
* Department of Amazonas, Peru
* Amazonas (Venezuelan state), Venezuela
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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Ilha de Silves Ilha (Portuguese for "island") may refer to the following places in Portugal or Mozambique:
*Ilha (Santana), a parish in the municipality of Santana, Madeira
*Ilha (Pombal), a former parish in the municipality of Pombal
*Island of Mozambique
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, the island with the same name as the municipality of Silves, Amazonas
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