Óbidos - Pelourinho

The main street, the Rua Direita, leads from the town gate, the Porta da Vila (decorated inside with 18th C. azulejos), to the main square, the Praça de Santa Maria, which has a beautiful fountain and a 15th C. pelourinho bearing the emblem of Queen Leonor, a fisherman's net. The Queen chose this emblem when her dying son was brought to her by fishermen who had wrapped his body in a net from the Tagus.