Pelourinho de Chaves

Santa Maria Maior, Portugal

Freely accessible

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The Pelourinho de Chaves is a Manueline pillory located in Santa Maria Maior, Chaves, Portugal, and stands as an immovable cultural heritage site of public interest. This architectural structure exemplifies the ornamental Manueline style that flourished in early 16th-century Portugal. As a whipping post, it served a judicial function in the town's public square, a common feature of Portuguese municipal administration during the medieval and early modern periods. The pillory remains a tangible reminder of the civic institutions and punishment practices that defined urban life in historic Chaves.