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Monday 9 January 2023

Monday Mural - Silves I

Happy New Year to you all, hope you had a lovely celebration with your family and friends. Wishing you health, peace and happiness.

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week. Thanks Sami.

I found this beautiful mural in Silves, in the Algarve, Portugal's southern region, during our holiday in July this year, when we had lunch with our long-time friends who also live in Perth and were also holidaying in the Algarve.

Silves was the original capital of the Algarve district and was an important trading centre with North Africa during the Moorish era (9th to 12th century).

Its rich history includes the imposing Silves Castle, from where the Moors ruled over the entire region of the Algarve, the heavily fortified gateway that leads into the historic centre and the Gothic Cathedral which was constructed on the site of a Moorish Mosque.


The mural was painted by grafitti artists Hélder José (known as ‘Bamby’), and Filipe Gusmão, of Style Spectrum and is located near Praça (Square) Al-Muthamid gardens.

The main characters in the mural are Portuguese King Sancho I, (known as "the populator") (who used the title "King of Silves" from 1189 until he lost the territory to Almohad in 1191, and the Arab poet and writer Al-Mu’tamid (also known as Abbad III), who was the third and last ruler of the Abbadid dynasty of Seville, and was appointed Governor of Silves at the age of 13 by his father Al'Mutadid, lord of Seville, who conquered the city of Silves in 1053.


King Sancho I




Governor of Silves Al-Mu’tamid


51 comments:

  1. Wow! I got a history lesson and great visuals, too. Welcome home and welcome to 2023, Sami.

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    1. Thank you Elizabeth. Yes, that was a bit of a history lesson for me too :)

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  2. Amazing mural works. Thanks for hosting.
    Happy New Year 2023, Greetings

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  3. I really like that, hope you had a nice time with your daughter.

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    1. Thanks Amy, my daughter is still here until the 20th :)

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  4. ...yes it looks like a big history lesson. Thanks for hosting, Sami.

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  5. Lot's of historic characters in this one. It's beautifully painted.

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  6. I really like this fresco, which bears witness to the region's past and recalls its history. There is really a great tradition of muralists in Portugal. I remember some amazing murals in Lisbon. I wish you a beautiful year, peaceful and stimulating at the same time

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    1. Thanks Kwarkito. I also found loads of beautiful murals around Lisbon and Cascais.

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  7. So many cultures written on the wall. Great murals. Welcome back to posting

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  8. Fascinating region! Thanks for the insights

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  9. Conheci essa cidade muito bem...

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  10. I suppose most people would not give a thought to what these murals represent. There is quite some history with them.

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    1. I know the mural represented historical facts but I had to research it too. Thanks Andrew

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  11. This is a beautiful mural featuring the history. Beautiful colour combination too.
    Thanks for hosting and Happy New Year!

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    1. History on the wall. One of the best ways for visitors to learn about the place they are visiting. Good murals, too.
      Happy 2023 to you, Sami.
      Thank you so so much for hosting. :)

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    2. Thanks Amila and Dee. All the best for you both

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  12. I understand Perth may be facing serious flooding. I hope you are safe, Sami.

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    1. Thanks for your concern David, the heavy and damaging rains have been in the Kimberley, northern Western Australia, but that's 2500km from Perth. In Perth our Summers are hot and dry, it hardly ever rains in Summer.

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  13. História pintada nas paredes
    Boa semana

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    1. Sim, uma bela licao de historia Pedro :)

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  14. Very well done and a great lesson in history! Happy New Year, Sami!

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  15. History in mural. Studying history made interesting.

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    1. I think it history was painted in murals, it might be more interesting for the kids :)

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  16. Beautiful history lesson indeed. Nice start of the new year.

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  17. Se aprecia buenos detalles en ese mural.

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  18. We went to Silves many years ago! Best memory the graveyard with all the flowers.

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    1. That's an interesting visit Jackie :) Apart from a beautiful cemetery here in Perth where there are kangaroos roaming around freely I don't think I've visited a cemetery in any of my trips.

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  19. I love that I can always see some great murals and learn some history or whatever from your posts. I knew nothing of King Silvres.


    I’m not sure why but my Pilsen mural thumbnail was not pleasing to Linky. Trust me, it’s colorful and maybe even worth a click.

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    1. Thanks Susan. Not sure why sometimes the thumbnail doesn't work.

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  20. Great outdoor class in history :-)..This time I chose an indoor one!
    https://flightsofthesoul.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/student-graffiti-before-20th-century/

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  21. That is a great way to tell the history of an area. I hope your holiday was a good one, Sami.

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    1. Thanks Pat, it was lovely. I'm only returning to work on the 16th, so still in relax mode :)

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  22. Dear Sami, this mural is really beautiful - very artistic and very special!
    I collected a lot of murals for your linkup during our Costa Rica trip, which I want to show over time. Today you get a picture of a beautiful Costa Rican bird, the Quetzal, which we unfortunately didn't see in real life, but only on a mural in San José.
    I wish you a happy, healthy New Year!
    All the best from Austria,
    Traude

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    1. Thanks for joining us, looking forward to more murals from your trip to Costa Rica. I hadn't heard of a quetzal before.

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  23. PS: I'm your follower #188 now :-)

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  24. Interesting mural. Have a good week.

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