Photographs of the Pelourinho

Abstract

Photographs of the pelourinho, a carved stone pillory erected in public town or village spaces in Portugal between the 13th and 18th centuries. Originally they were used to handcuff or publicly punish criminals; later, they becme general symbols of justi

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Last time updated on 09/02/2012

This paper was published in Language Box.

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