These are only fragments from the pillory which until half of the 19th century was in Largo de São João in front of the City Council house and next to the Chapel of São João and Cabo House. The others remnants from the pillory are missing.

Building of the New State which features modernist architecture. It's a school with classrooms, cafeteria and housing for teachers. The interior has a black frame, originally from that era, where they placed the photographs of the head of State and the President of the Council of Ministers.