What the records say
- When
- Jun 1189
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 37.13° N, 8.59° W
- Description
- 1189 massacre
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Alvor massacre
1189 event in Iberia during the Third Crusade
The Alvor massacre took place in June 1189 during the Third Crusade, when a fleet of crusaders from the Holy Roman Empire, Denmark and the County of Flanders stormed the castle of Alvor in the Algarve, then part of the Almohad Caliphate, and massacred 5,600 people.
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