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LARGOS, CORETOS E PRAÇAS DE BELÉM - Monumenta

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escravizados, os menos<br />

favorecidos e, mais adiante,<br />

os escravos de origem<br />

africana. Há relatos da<br />

grande atração que eram tais<br />

castigos para os moradores.<br />

Os açoites se realizavam<br />

normalmente aos domingos,<br />

em frente à Igreja de Nossa<br />

Senhora da Graça, a Matriz.<br />

Esse fato incomodava muito<br />

os sacerdotes. Eles<br />

freqüentemente se queixavam<br />

ao rei, pedindo que aquele<br />

instrumento de punição real<br />

fosse transferido para outro<br />

logradouro, por ser o Largo<br />

da Matriz considerado local<br />

de religião e fé.<br />

É irônico pensar que em<br />

um local de oração em frente<br />

à Catedral de Belém, o ser<br />

humano durante muito tempo<br />

tenha sido supliciado com<br />

ampla assistência e vibração<br />

popular.<br />

Só em 1757 o bispo do<br />

Pará, frei Miguel de Bulhões,<br />

autorizado pelo rei a<br />

interferir nas lidas políticas<br />

da vila, encomendou a um<br />

dos desenhistas da expedição<br />

científica do naturalista<br />

Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira,<br />

o plano geral para construir o<br />

pelourinho no baluarte<br />

were the main victims of the<br />

floggings in the Largo da<br />

Matriz pelourinho. Reports<br />

from that time tell us that these<br />

punishments were a major<br />

attraction for the town’s<br />

inhabitants. The floggings<br />

usually took place on Sundays,<br />

in front of the Church of Nossa<br />

Senhora da Graça, the Matriz,<br />

to the priests’ great vexation.<br />

They often complained about<br />

it to the king, requesting that<br />

the royal punishment<br />

instrument should be moved<br />

to another location, since<br />

Largo da Matriz was seen as a<br />

place of faith and religion.<br />

It is ironic to think that,<br />

right in front of Belém’s<br />

Cathedral, a place that should<br />

have been devoted to prayers,<br />

human beings were tortured<br />

for so long amid enthusiastic<br />

cheering from large crowds.<br />

It was only in 1757, when<br />

the Bishop of Pará, Frei Miguel<br />

de Bulhões, authorized by the<br />

king to interfere in the political<br />

affairs of the village,<br />

commissioned from one of the<br />

draftsmen in the scientific<br />

expedition of naturalist<br />

Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira a<br />

general plan for the construction<br />

of a pelourinho on the<br />

Largos, Coretos e Praças de Belém<br />

63<br />

The Largos, Bandstands and Town Squares of Belém

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