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The dauntless Afonso Henriques conquered it for the Christians in 1147, a major victory in the reconquest of Portugal.
The church holds the tombs of Portugal’s first and second kings, Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, and the Claustro del Silencio (Cloister of Silence) is lined with pretty arches and colorful azulejos.
However, by 1249 Faro and the western Algarve were retaken under King Afonso III, completing the Reconquest.
Pedro and Inês lived a tragic love story that ended with her murder — ordered by Pedro’s father, King Afonso IV.
Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, is said to have been born in the castle and baptized nearby, in the small Romanesque Igreja de São Miguel do Castelo.