Ka cika wannan jumla: Daga ƙarni na goma sha biyar, mutane sun soma saukowa daga tuddai a hankali don su zauna a bakin tekun kuma su yi sana'ar kamun kifi da kuma gina jiragen ruwa. 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. Duk da haka, da castle ya riga a cikin wani mummunan yanayin a lokacin da aka yadda ya kamata rushe da
girgizar kasa ta shekara ta 1755. A cikin 1875, an canza wani ɓangare na filayen zuwa makabarta.