Pillory of Arcos de Valdevez | |
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Pelourinho de Arcos de Valdevez | |
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General information | |
Type | Pillory |
Architectural style | Manueline |
Location | Arcos de Valdevez (Salvador), Vila Fonche e Parada |
Country | Portugal |
Coordinates | 41°50′46.6″N 8°25′5.3″W / 41.846278°N 8.418139°W |
Owner | Portuguese Republic |
Technical details | |
Material | Granite |
The Pillory of Arcos de Valdevez ( Portuguese: Pelourinho de Arcos de Valdevez) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial significance, located in the civil parish of Arcos de Valdevez (Salvador), Vila Fonche e Parada, municipality of Arcos de Valdevez.
On 4 March 1476, the title of Viscount of Vila Nova de Cerveira was bestowed on D. Leonel de Lima, by King D. Afonso V. [1] Over time Lima became the signeurial master of Arcos de Valdevez. [1]
The group is Manueline in style, architecturally, but also because of the ornamental elements identifying regal heraldry. [2] It is also important to highlight the inscription, authored by João Lopes-o-Velho, who was active in northern Portugal and Galicia, between the 16th century and about 1559. [2] Although there is no clear date, it is frequently referred to as dating from 1531 (António Matos Reis, 2000), suggesting its late Gothic and Manueline influences. [2]
The settlement of Valdevez was, until the 12th century, the seat of the territory of Ribeira-Lima, due to its strategic position between northern Portugal and Galicia. [2] During the Middle Ages, the local administration began to concentrate in Arcos, which was (as its name implies) founded near the old bridge crossing the Vez River. [2] There were some authors that referred to its first foral, issued by D. Afonso Henriques in 1129, but the only document was the Manueline letter. [2] King D. Manuel issued the first foral (charter) to the town, resulting in the later-construction of the pillory, by master stonemason João Lopes. [1] [2]
Until 1700, the pillory was in the centre of the municipality, but was transferred to Valeta, a site on the bank of the Vez River. [1] [2] During its "stay" in Valeta it was the centre of community life, with stories of young girls who washed clothes near the site, play or date, with a few notes transcribing: [1]
By 1706, the area was known as the settlement of the Viscounts of Vila Nova da Cerveira. [1] In the square of the municipality, was a golden pillory, which was moved to the nearby riverbank. [1] [2] This site had a judge, three aldermen and prosecutor, six judicial notaries, a judge for orphans, clerk, bailiff, two porters, municipal clerk, and some officers presented by King and others by the Viscount. [1]
From the Memórias Paroquiais (dated 20 April 1758), abbot Miguel de Sousa described that the parish was part of the comarca of Valença. [1] It had 135 neighbours and approximately 480 residents. [1]
By the initiative of the municipal president, Pedro Pereira de Sousa e Brito, in 1895 the pillory was placed in its current location. [1]
The pillory is situated in an isolated, urban position, in the historical centre of the town, in a square that is at a lower level then the southern facade of the parochial church. Nearby are two stone bunks. [1] [2]
The pillory is a granite structure, composed of a shaft on a four-step quadrangle, with small torus and shaft. [2] A thick column comprising three smaller, addorsed columns, surmounted with frieze and caption: [1] [2]
The capital is in the form of a bowl, with three shields of Portugal, interspersed with oval frames and surmounted by three rods. [1] [2] The three rods replicate the same alignment of small columns converge to an armillary spheres. Another, larger, decorates the group. [1] [2]
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Pelourinho de Arcos de Valdevez | |
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General information | |
Type | Pillory |
Architectural style | Manueline |
Location | Arcos de Valdevez (Salvador), Vila Fonche e Parada |
Country | Portugal |
Coordinates | 41°50′46.6″N 8°25′5.3″W / 41.846278°N 8.418139°W |
Owner | Portuguese Republic |
Technical details | |
Material | Granite |
The Pillory of Arcos de Valdevez ( Portuguese: Pelourinho de Arcos de Valdevez) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial significance, located in the civil parish of Arcos de Valdevez (Salvador), Vila Fonche e Parada, municipality of Arcos de Valdevez.
On 4 March 1476, the title of Viscount of Vila Nova de Cerveira was bestowed on D. Leonel de Lima, by King D. Afonso V. [1] Over time Lima became the signeurial master of Arcos de Valdevez. [1]
The group is Manueline in style, architecturally, but also because of the ornamental elements identifying regal heraldry. [2] It is also important to highlight the inscription, authored by João Lopes-o-Velho, who was active in northern Portugal and Galicia, between the 16th century and about 1559. [2] Although there is no clear date, it is frequently referred to as dating from 1531 (António Matos Reis, 2000), suggesting its late Gothic and Manueline influences. [2]
The settlement of Valdevez was, until the 12th century, the seat of the territory of Ribeira-Lima, due to its strategic position between northern Portugal and Galicia. [2] During the Middle Ages, the local administration began to concentrate in Arcos, which was (as its name implies) founded near the old bridge crossing the Vez River. [2] There were some authors that referred to its first foral, issued by D. Afonso Henriques in 1129, but the only document was the Manueline letter. [2] King D. Manuel issued the first foral (charter) to the town, resulting in the later-construction of the pillory, by master stonemason João Lopes. [1] [2]
Until 1700, the pillory was in the centre of the municipality, but was transferred to Valeta, a site on the bank of the Vez River. [1] [2] During its "stay" in Valeta it was the centre of community life, with stories of young girls who washed clothes near the site, play or date, with a few notes transcribing: [1]
By 1706, the area was known as the settlement of the Viscounts of Vila Nova da Cerveira. [1] In the square of the municipality, was a golden pillory, which was moved to the nearby riverbank. [1] [2] This site had a judge, three aldermen and prosecutor, six judicial notaries, a judge for orphans, clerk, bailiff, two porters, municipal clerk, and some officers presented by King and others by the Viscount. [1]
From the Memórias Paroquiais (dated 20 April 1758), abbot Miguel de Sousa described that the parish was part of the comarca of Valença. [1] It had 135 neighbours and approximately 480 residents. [1]
By the initiative of the municipal president, Pedro Pereira de Sousa e Brito, in 1895 the pillory was placed in its current location. [1]
The pillory is situated in an isolated, urban position, in the historical centre of the town, in a square that is at a lower level then the southern facade of the parochial church. Nearby are two stone bunks. [1] [2]
The pillory is a granite structure, composed of a shaft on a four-step quadrangle, with small torus and shaft. [2] A thick column comprising three smaller, addorsed columns, surmounted with frieze and caption: [1] [2]
The capital is in the form of a bowl, with three shields of Portugal, interspersed with oval frames and surmounted by three rods. [1] [2] The three rods replicate the same alignment of small columns converge to an armillary spheres. Another, larger, decorates the group. [1] [2]
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