Galo de Barcelos - 2011 Geocoin

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Galo de Barcelos

 

A lenda do Galo de Barcelos

 

(Barcelos, Portugal)


A lenda do Galo de Barcelos narra a intervenção milagrosa de um galo morto na prova da inocência de um homem erradamente acusado. Está associada ao cruzeiro seiscentista que faz parte do espólio do Museu Arqueológico, situado no Paço dos Condes de Barcelos.
Segundo a lenda, os habitantes de Barcelos andavam alarmados com um crime, do qual ainda não se tinha descoberto o criminoso que o cometera. Certo dia, apareceu um galego que se tornou suspeito. As autoridades resolveram prendê-lo, apesar dos seus juramentos de inocência, que estava apenas de passagem em peregrinação a Santiago de Compostela, em cumprimento duma promessa.
Condenado à forca, o homem pediu que o levassem à presença do juiz que o condenara. Concedida a autorização, levaram-no à residência do magistrado, que nesse momento se banqueteava com alguns amigos. O galego voltou a afirmar a sua inocência e, perante a incredulidade dos presentes, apontou para um galo assado que estava sobre a mesa e exclamou: "É tão certo eu estar inocente, como certo é esse galo cantar quando me enforcarem."
O juiz empurrou o prato para o lado e ignorou o apelo, mas quando o peregrino estava a ser enforcado, o galo assado ergueu-se na mesa e cantou. Compreendendo o seu erro, o juiz correu para a forca e descobriu que o galego se salvara graças a um nó mal feito. O homem foi imediatamente solto e mandado em paz.
Alguns anos mais tarde, o galego teria voltado a Barcelos para esculpir o Cruzeiro do Senhor do Galo em louvor à Virgem Maria e a São Tiago, monumento que se encontra no Museu Arqueológico de Barcelos. Este também é representado pelo artesanato minhoto, geralmente de barro, conhecida por galo de Barcelos e um dos símbolos de Portugal.
 
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The Rooster of Barcelos
 

The Legend of the Rooster of Barcelos


(Barcelos, Portugal)

The legend of the Rooster of Barcelos tells the story of a dead rooster's miraculous intervention in proving the innocence of a man who had been falsely accused and sentenced to death. The story is associated with the 17th-century calvary that is part of the collection of the Archeological Museum located in Paço dos Condes, a gothic-style palace in Barcelos, a city in the Braga District of northwest Portugal.
According to the legend, silver had been stolen from a landowner in Barcelos, and the inhabitants of that city were looking for the criminal who had committed the crime. One day, a man from neighboring Galicia turned up and became suspect, despite his pleas of innocence. The Galician swore that he was merely passing through Barcelos on a Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela to complete a promise.
Nevertheless, the authorities arrested the Galician and condemned him to hang. The man asked them to take him in front of the judge who had condemned him. The authorities honored his request and took him to the house of the magistrate, who was holding a banquet with some friends. Affirming his innocence, the Galician pointed to a roasted cock on top of the banquet table and exclaimed, "It is as certain that I am innocent as it is certain that this rooster will crow when they hang me." The judge pushed aside his plate because he decided to not eat the rooster. But still, the judge ignored the Galician's appeal.
However, while the pilgrim was being hanged, the roasted rooster stood up on the table and crowed as the Galician predicted. Understanding his error, the judge ran to the gallows, only to discover that the Galician had been saved from hanging thanks to a poorly made knot in the rope. The man was immediately freed and sent off in peace.
Some years later, the Galician returned to Barcelos to sculpt the Calvary (or Crucifix) to the Lord of the Rooster (Portuguese, "Cruzeiro do Senhor do Galo") in praise to the Virgin Mary and to Saint James. The monument is located in the Archeological Museum of Barcelos.
 
 

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