Highlight • Monument
Sintra Pillory
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JavierCR 🇪🇸
January 3, 2026
Hiking
It stands in a small square opposite Sintra Town Hall, right between the train station and the historic center.
It was used as a medieval instrument of public punishment, where criminals were tied or chained for humiliation.
It represents a symbol of local judicial power, since only towns with their own jurisdiction could have pillories.
It was used as a medieval instrument of public punishment, where criminals were tied or chained for humiliation.
It represents a symbol of local judicial power, since only towns with their own jurisdiction could have pillories.
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XY - Bohne 🌞
December 29, 2025
Hiking
The pillory looks quite harmless at Christmas time :)
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