Pelourinho de Cabeceiras de Basto

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Three steps, a smooth column and heraldic symbols on the capital: the pillory at Pereiras tells a story of local power. The Ulysses note cautiously attributes it to the Manueline period and places it in front of the former prison building. It has been listed as an Imóvel de Interesse Público since 11 October 1933.

The Museu das Terras de Basto recalls that the former town hall housed the prison on the lower floor and the council and hearings above. In 1835, the council moved to Refojos Monastery; the prison remained at Pereiras until 1972. In 2003, the renovated building opened as Casa da Música.

According to the same museum article, the site also hosted livestock fairs and the municipality’s first football ground, inaugurated in 1925. It offers a way to look at these stones and imagine the life that surrounded them.