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They sailed upon the river port of Silves and, ignoring conditional offers of surrender, slew all the inhabitants (at no small loss to themselves) and pillaged the great treasures of the city.
Though a castle of sorts Silves has existed here since Phoenician times, the present Castelo dos Mouros, on the site of Roman or Visigothic foundations, took shape after the Reconquest, though it preserves distinctly Moorish lines.
Next to the castle is the impressive Gothic Sé Velha (Old Cathedral) of Silves, built by the liberating Christian crusaders.
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The golden age of Silves began in a.d. 711 with the Moslem invasion.