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Pillory of Braga (Pelourinho de Braga)

Pillory of Braga (Pelourinho de Braga)

Braga was offered by D. Afonso VI of Castile as a dowry to his daughter D. Teresa, at the time of her wedding with D. Henrique of Burgundy, whom he made governor of the Portucale county, in 1094. The great lords of the village, main drivers of its development, would be bishops and archbishops. At around 1070, D. Pedro, first Bishop of Braga, rearranges the Diocese and starts the construction works of the Cathedral, and from ending of the century the city starts to develop around it. At the beginning of the XVI century, the Archbishop D. Diogo de Sousa took Braga to break up the city medieval walls, virtually building another city, according to his clarified taste and renascence influence. Another notable archbishop of Braga was D. Frei Bartolomeu dos Mártires, whose weapons supposedly were engraved in monument known as the Pillory of Braga (Pelourinho de Braga) (E. B. de Ataíde MALAFAIA, 191997, p. 127). The city, also known as the “Portuguese Rome” or the “City of the Archbishops”, which between the XV century and the late XVIII century used the title of Lord of Braga. Therefore, the relationship between the city and the church has determined its administrative independence over the centuries, being understandable that in the pillory are present as decoration the national weapons as well as the Episcopalians.

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