Paio Peres Correia

D. Paio Peres Correia (1205 – January 1275) was a Portuguese warrior who played an important role in the thirteenth-century Reconquista.

Paio Peres Correia went southwards to the Algarve, wresting Cacela and Tavira from Moorish control.

Ferdinand’s son, the prince of Castile and the future Alfonso X, was guided by Paio Peres Correia in the conquest of Murcia.

D. Paio Peres Correia is honoured in the names of places and streets of many Portuguese cities, such as Lisbon, Setúbal, Silves, and Tavira, and also in Spain in the Triana quarter of Seville.

In Portugal, the parish of Aldeia de Paio Pires, in Seixal, and the town of Samora Correia in Benavente claim to be named after him, though this seems to be undocumented.

Supposed depiction of D. Paio face in the corner of Tavira City Hall.