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Pelourinho de Ançã
Cantanhede
Presentation
This is a monument of public interest according to the decree of 11th October 193. It is made from Pedra de Ança (stone of Ançã) and is about five meters high and according to the historian Jaime Cortesão, this is a baroque pillory.
Observations
In Ançã, the pillory was built next to Paço do Marquês de Cascais, former benefactor of the town and, at the time, had iron bars, which are now missing.
Ançã pillory comprises a quadrangular platform, just like the polygon of the access step. Above the platform, raises the column of the pillory, with a lower section made up of a rusticated square and an upper section which is cylindrical and smooth, with no decoration. Over the shaft there is the chapiter (with no abacus), decorated with acanthus leafs. It is about 5 meters high.
Ançã pillory comprises a quadrangular platform, just like the polygon of the access step. Above the platform, raises the column of the pillory, with a lower section made up of a rusticated square and an upper section which is cylindrical and smooth, with no decoration. Over the shaft there is the chapiter (with no abacus), decorated with acanthus leafs. It is about 5 meters high.