Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga ƙarni na goma sha biyar, jama'a sannu a hankali suka fara sauka daga tsaunuka don zama a bakin tekun da kuma bin ayyukan kamun kifi da ginin jirgi. A shekara ta 1516 an riga an ga alamun watsi da su. An ƙarfafa katangar a cikin 1693 kuma an yi wasu ci gaba kuma, a cikin 1721, an sake gina Cocin Santa Maria do Castelo, wanda Afonso I ya gina. Koyaya, fadar ta riga ta kasance cikin mummunan yanayi lokacin da girgizar kasa ta 1755 ta lalata ta
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin 1875, an canza wani ɓangare na filayen zuwa makabarta.