Pelourinho de Bertiandos (Pillory)

Ponte de Lima
Description
Classified as Monument of Public Interest

Bertiandos always existed focused on the importance of the Manor House with the same name. This monolith was buried in the Campo Santo Amaro, in Feitosa, parish located south of Ponte de Lima, in direction to Braga. It was found in 1641 and consists in a simple monolithic column, wider at the top, and it has a Latin inscription which allows to date it "The Emperor Gaius Caesar Vero Maximino, Pio, Happy Augustus Germanicus Maximus Dácico Maximum, Maximum Sarmático , Pontifex Maximus, tribune 5 times, 5 times Emperor, Father of the Fatherland, consul, proconsul, and Vero Gaius Julius Maximus, most noble Caesar, Germanicus Maximus Dácico Maximus Sarmático Max, Prince of Youth, Son of Our Lord Emperor Gaius Julius Vero Maximino, Pio, Happy, Augustus restored the ruined roads and bridge with the passage of time, being in charge Fifth Decius legacy of Augustus propretor - 18 miles of Braga".

Location: Ponte de Lima
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