Pelourinho de Idanha-a-Velha

Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal

Freely accessible

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The Pelourinho de Idanha-a-Velha is a Manueline-style pillory located in Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal, and designated as Immovable Cultural Heritage of Public Interest. As a whipping post, it served as an instrument of public punishment and justice in the medieval Portuguese town. The structure exemplifies the ornamental architectural vocabulary of the Manueline period, Portugal's distinctive late Gothic style that flourished in the early 16th century.