The Conii, influenced by Tartessos, were established in the territory of the Algarve for a long time. They would be strongly influenced by the Celtici. The Phoenicians established trading ports along the coast circa 1000 BC. The Carthaginians founded Portus Hanibalis—known today as Portimão—in circa 550 BC. The Romans in the 2nd century BC spread through the Iberian Peninsula, and many Roman ruins can still be seen in the region, notably in Lagos.
In the 5th century, the Visigoths inhabited the Algarve until the beginning of the Moorish invasion in 711. When the Moors conquered Lagos in 716 it was called Zawaia. Faro, which the Christian residents had called Santa Maria, was renamed Faraon, which means "the settlement of the Knights".
Due to the Moorish occupation of much of Iberia, the region was called "Al-Gharb" which means "the country of the West". In the 12th century, the Moorish occupation ended: the "Al-Gharb" has been since then the Algarve. It was not until the 13th century that the Portuguese finally secured the region against subsequent Moorish attempts to recapture the area.
In the Portugal as a colonial power.
The Algarve was a semi-autonomous area with a governor from Portugal and Algarve".
In Portugal to liberate itself from Spanish occupation, in the rebellion of Olhão in 1808. From 1834 to 1838, Algarve saw its first hero appear, in the person of José Joaquim de Sousa Reis, O Remexido.
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