Former Town Hall

Trancoso

Despite being a very plain building, on which the only notable feature is the royal coat of arms on the facade, it retains great symbolism as being the location were the former Town Hall, Public Hearings and Gaol were installed, which were under construction in 1498. Broadly speaking, the current building is the product of the reconstruction project undertaken in 1886-87, where those same services were to be installed, along with other public departments. About forty years later, following the building of the new Town Hall (1920), it was thoroughly remodelled to house the court and gaol only, until the court house (Palácio de Justiça) was inaugurated in 1971.