Rugged Coastline _8134
From their website:
Peniche is a coastal town an hour's drive north of Lisbon. Peniche was an island until the sixteenth century, when silt created a narrow isthmus. It has been a busy fishing port since ancient times and retains a historical harbor and harbor walls. The old, walled part of town (which is in stark contrast to the burgeoning development all around it) is dominated by an impressive sixteenth century Fortaleza. Peniche's fortress has been through numerous incarnations and was still being used by the military in the 1970s when it was converted into a temporary home for refugees from the newly-independent African colonies. Today the Fortaleza houses the municipal museum and a 'nucleo-resistencia' containing artifacts from the period during the nineteen fifties when the Fortaleza was used by the dictator Salazar as a prison for political dissidents.
Rugged Coastline _8134
From their website:
Peniche is a coastal town an hour's drive north of Lisbon. Peniche was an island until the sixteenth century, when silt created a narrow isthmus. It has been a busy fishing port since ancient times and retains a historical harbor and harbor walls. The old, walled part of town (which is in stark contrast to the burgeoning development all around it) is dominated by an impressive sixteenth century Fortaleza. Peniche's fortress has been through numerous incarnations and was still being used by the military in the 1970s when it was converted into a temporary home for refugees from the newly-independent African colonies. Today the Fortaleza houses the municipal museum and a 'nucleo-resistencia' containing artifacts from the period during the nineteen fifties when the Fortaleza was used by the dictator Salazar as a prison for political dissidents.