[1][2] But in 1512, King D. Manuel I renewed the foral, at the same time that pillory was installed or re-installed.

[1] In the 4 June 1758 Memórias Paroquiais, the parish priest José Cardoso das Neves, referred to Aguiar da Beira as a possession of the Casa do Infantado, under the title of the Infante D.

[1][2] The old square, central to the historic part of the town, is dominated by various important architectural structures, dating to as early as the Middle Ages.

[1][2] The granite structure is supported on a four-step octagonal base with lip, from which rises an octagonal column on square, beveled base, with an iron ring half-way up its height.

[1] The hat-shaped inverted octagonal pyramid, with the base decorated with incised rings and crowned by armillary sphere.