Silves Cathedral
The Silves Cathedral 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 place, and was later mostly restructured and converted into a Catholic cathedral after the Reconquista.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: cathedral and former mosque in the city of Silves, Portugal
- Also known as: “Sé Catedral de Silves” and “Sé de Silves”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Igreja da Misericórdia de Silves and Pelourinho de Silves.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Silves
Church
Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Silves is a church.
Pelourinho de Silves
Photo: Lusitana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pelourinho de Silves is situated 170 metres southwest of Silves Cathedral.
Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves
Reservoir
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves is a reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Estômbar and Porches.
Estômbar
Town
Estômbar is a town in the civil parish of Estômbar e Parchal, in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,985, in an area of 24.21 km2. Estômbar is situated 6 km southwest of Silves Cathedral.
Porches
Town
Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km2. It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001. Porches is situated 8 km southeast of Silves Cathedral.
Parchal
Town
Photo: Pacanherros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar e Parchal. The population in 2011 was 4,019, in an area of 3.86 km2. Parchal is situated 9 km southwest of Silves Cathedral.
Silves Cathedral
- Categories: cathedral, cultural heritage, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.19002° or 37° 11′ 24″ northLongitude
-8.43856° or 8° 26′ 19″ westElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
8C9H5HR6+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 92741580OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
11750426Wikidata ID
Q1107435
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Silves Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Seu de Silves”
- Chinese: “錫爾維什主教座堂”
- Chinese: “锡尔维什主教座堂”
- Dutch: “Silves Cathedral”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية سيلفيس”
- French: “cathédrale de Silves”
- French: “Cathédrale de Silves”
- German: “Kathedrale von Silves”
- German: “Sé Catedral de Silves”
- German: “Sé de Silves”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Silves”
- Italian: “cattedrale di Silves”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di Silves”
- Japanese: “シルヴェス大聖堂”
- Portuguese: “Catedral de Silves”
- Portuguese: “Sé Catedral de Silves”
- Portuguese: “Sé de Silves”
- Spanish: “antigua catedral de Silves”
- Spanish: “Catedral de Silves”
- Ukrainian: “Собор Сілвеша”
- “Sé de Silves”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Silves Cathedral”. Photo: Husond, CC BY-SA 3.0.