Column of Shame or Column of Justice

Pubblic pillory

Ancient column with lion, is dated back in the 16th century when the Vicerè of Neaples, Pietro di Toledo, positioned it in this square to tie thieves and defrauders

Pubblic pillory

Ancient column with lion, is dated back in the 16th century when the Vicerè of Neaples, Pietro di Toledo, positioned it in this square to tie thieves and defrauders

Pillar of shame

This is a 'hidden element' on the Piazza Mercantile, but you should not miss it. It is an historic landmark, where bad debtors used to be humiliated in public.

Pillar of shame

This is a 'hidden element' on the Piazza Mercantile, but you should not miss it. It is an historic landmark, where bad debtors used to be humiliated in public.

For debtors and for tourists.

This pillar was erected in Bari by the Spanish Viceroy Pedro de Toledo in the middle of the XVI century. To take and not to give was a good tradition in Puglia. Debtors to banks or individuals were ch...