spell. At that moment, the Moorish woman entered, in tears, the cloud that hovered above the castle, while D. Ramiro watched without being able to do anything. The knight's frustration was such that from then on he engaged with great fervor in the struggles against the Moors, having even conquered a castle, but without another Moorish to love. Hunting It is said that, during a truce between Christians and Moors, six Christian knights went hunting in the dolmen site, near Tavira, and were killed by the Moors. Their names were D. Pedro Pires (Peres or Rodrigues, commander of the Order of Santiago de Castela), Mem do Vale, Durão (or Damião) Vaz, Álvoro (Álvaro) Garcia (or Garcia Estevam), Estêvão (Estevam) Vaz ( Vasques), Beltrão de Caia and another Jewish merchant named Garcia Roiz (or Rodrigues). Cristóvão Rodrigues Acenheiro gives the names of these six knights as being: D. Pedro Paes, Men do Valle, Duram Vaz, Alvaro Garcia, Estevam Vaz and Boceiro de Coja. In retaliation for these deaths, configuring the breaking of the truce, is that the Christians would have promoted the conquest of Tavira. Another episode, also legendary, refers to this primitive legend: at the time of Afonso IV of Portugal (1325-1357), around 1328, Afonso XI of Castile imposed a siege on Tavira. On that occasion, the Castilian forces "... having set up camp in the Church of São Francisco. On a Saturday morning and when choosing the best place to attack the walls, he saw on the Church of Santa Maria seven huge figures with flags in their hands and on them the arms of the apostle Santiago. Amazed he called the councilors who told him that these figures were the seven knights who died when Tavira was conquered by the Moors and who were the guardians of the city. The king, knowing this and out of devotion to the martyred knights, soon went to his kingdom without doing any harm in Portugal. " (Brother João de São José). Gallery References Tavira Tavira Tavira