Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ginin, wanda yake a cikin matsayi mai mahimmanci a kan dutsen dutse, yana da siffar tauraron, tare da ginshiƙai hudu na triangular da dandamali biyar don bindigogi. Bayan tsarin gine-ginen Renaissance na baya, an kare shi da wani moat zuwa gabas, tare da samun dama ta hanyar gada. Babban ƙofar tana ƙunshe da kambin sarauta na ƙasa da allon da ke yin rikodin kafawar sansanin. An gina shi ne don karfafa kariya ta kudancin Peniche, yana tsallake wuta tare da sansanin soja na Peniche. Gininsa ya kasance wani ɓangare na dabarun ga duk gabar tekun Portugal wanda ke da nufin haɓaka kariya da aka bayar ta ƙarancin adadin kagarai tare da ƙarin ƙaramin ƙarami. Ginin ya fara ne a shekara ta 1641 kuma an gama shi a shekara ta 1645. An kara fadada shi a shekara ta 1665. Ginin ya lalace sosai a girgizar kasa a 1755
wanda ya shafi mafi yawan yankuna na Portugal, tare da wani ɓangare na baturi da ke fuskantar teku da aka hallaka. A shekara ta 1796 an kara da bindigogi guda biyar kuma a shekara ta 1800 an gina sabon baturi tare da bindigogi 15 a gabashin sansanin don rufe bakin teku da kuma yanke hanya daga ƙasa. An kuma gudanar da aikin gyara a 1832 yayin Yaƙin Basasa na Fotigal.