The Inquisition´s Torture Instruments

To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of Independence they have an exhibition of torture tools used during the Inquisition, on the banks of the river Or, in the Convento Vista Alegre. The exhibition shows tools used in that time mostly of wood and metal like wild stocks, lathes, spikes, spiked cages and chairs. These gadgets like the Table Roller, Wheel of St. Catherine, crushes heads, Judas Cradle, tongue depressors, etc. give you goosebumps. But this exhibition is part of the 19th Century Festival held in this town the last weekend of May (22nd to 24th) and shows us to what degree of cruelty