Pillory of Mortágua

Pillory of Mortágua is a historic site in União das freguesias de Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça, Mortágua Municipality, Viseu District. Pillory of Mortágua is situated nearby to the town hall Câmara Municipal da Vila de Mortágua, as well as near the museum Centro de Interpretação Mortágua na Batalha do Bussaco.

Photo: AJFAlmeida, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: pillory in Mortágua, Portugal
Also known as: “Pillory of Mortagua”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mortágua train station and Monte de Lobos Halt.

Mortágua train station

Railway station

Photo: Karl Emil Biel, Public domain.

Mortágua train station is a railway station, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Pillory of Mortágua.

Monte de Lobos Halt

Shelter

Photo: PG 123, Public domain.

Monte de Lobos Halt is a shelter, which is situated 3 km northwest of Pillory of Mortágua.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mortágua and Oliveira do Mondego.

Mortágua is a municipality in the district of Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,607, in an area of 251.18 square kilometres. The present mayor is Ricardo Sérgio Pardal, elected in 2021 by the Socialist Party.

Oliveira do Mondego

Village

Oliveira do Mondego, previously known as Oliveira do Cunhedo, is a Portuguese village and former freguesia of Portugal located in the municipality of Penacova. Oliveira do Mondego is situated 8 km south of Pillory of Mortágua.