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Friday, April 15, 2011

Visit Pelourinho de Sintra - Sao Martinho (Sintra)

Pelourinho de Sintra, located in the Parish of Saint Martin (Sintra), is to copy the old March Manueline overthrown in 1854. it is a work of the master stonemason Joseph Fonseca, erected in 1940. Presents three steps that serve as a hexagonal punch the octagonal base of the pillory. This, helical shaft adorned with rosettes and quadripétalas presents, half, two strings separated by a concavity. The capital boasts with acanthus leaves, in the shot, and iron pine cone to the top. The entablature emerge four irons bondage.

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