São Pedro de Moel is a beach community near to the city of Marinha Grande in the district of Leiria, Portugal. It is located within the Pinhal de Leiria, south of the mouth of Ribeira de Moel. In 1463 Don Afonso V gave São Pedro de Moel to the Count of Vila Real. The family had a palace in Leiria and several houses in San Pedro de Moel. They maintained lived on this beach until 1641, when they were executed by the last Marquis de Vila Real and Duque de Caminha. The widowed Duquesa de Caminha, mourned the death of her husband on a huge rock overlooking the beach that is named after him - Penedo da Saudade, at the top of which is a lighthouse with the same name. The legend of the Duquesa de Caminha also claims that the rock the still resonates with her lament.