Whipping Post of Pedrógão Grande                                                                        

Setting
Urban. Southern atrium of the Parochial Church.

 

Description
Quadrangular foundation block with four steps, on which a column with cylindrical plain shaft stands, crowned by an armillary sphere, surmounted by a conical ornament resting in a square abacus.

 

Initial Function: 

Jurisdictional mark

 

Present-day Function: 

Historical-cultural mark

 

Ownership:
Public property: state owned

 

Period of Construction: 

16th Century