Pillory of Arganil

Category: Civil Architecture > Pillory

District: Coimbra > Arganil > Arganil > Mourão

Location

- It is located in Largo Padre Manuel da Costa Vasconcelos Delgado, in the parish of Arganil, municipality of Arganil, district of Coimbra, Portugal.

History and Reconstruction

- Reconstructed in 1974/75 under the guidance of the historian Padre Nunes Pereira.

- The current building does not contain original pieces of the primitive pillory.

- Only the shaft of the original pillory was known, the current location of which is unknown.

Architecture and Structure

- Erected on a base of two steps.

- Octagonal base column with spiral shaft, hexagonal capital and also spiral-shaped finial, but in the opposite direction.

- The capital is decorated with balls and ends in a pine cone of leaves.

Historical Significance

- It maintains the memory of the privileges of the 16th century and the administrative reform of the reign of D. Manuel I.

- It received a charter from D. Manuel in 1514, the date to which the original example dates back.

Classification

- The fragments of the original pillory have been classified as a Property of Public Interest since 1933.

Reconstruction Characteristics

- Main column with helical structure, following a common pattern of pillories from the Manueline era.

- Above the main column, a second smaller column rises with a helix inverted in relation to the lower one.

- The final finish is in the shape of a pine cone.

Sources: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelourinho_de_Arganil