“Personalities of our City” is our theme of Etwinnig Project. We remember that a personality doesn’t have to be a person and for that we chose the famous “Galo de Barcelos” (Barcelos’ Rooster, in the image). The Rooster is the most important feature of our country. It was born in our parish called Galegos Santa Maria.
The Rooster of Barcelos rose when a legend became, rapidly, very popular. Barcelos’ city is known for the workmanship and between other things, here Barcelenses’ workers made that in porcelain and crockery, in every colours and sizes, because who visits the city, doesn’t resist buying a Rooster.
The legend of Barcelos’ Rooster was making many changes, because it is being spread about doesn’t be very correct, but what is written, is this: The legend of the Barcelos’ rooster tells the miraculous intervention of a dead rooster in the proof of the innocence of a man wrongly accused. "... The habitants of the Burgo went alarmed with the crime and even more for not having discovered the author. One day came a Galician who became immediately suspicious of that crime, since they hadn’t yet found the criminal. The local authorities decided to arrest him and despite their oaths of innocence, nobody believed him. Nobody thought that the Galician credible if it heads to Santiago de Compostela in fulfillment of a promise as was tradition at the time, and be faithful devotee of S. Paulo and the Virgin Mary. So he was sentenced to be hanged. Before being hanged, asked to be taken before the court which had sentenced to such a fate. The authorization was granted, and took him to the presence of the said magistrate, who at that time delighted and feasted with friends. The Galician reaffirmed his innocence, and to the amazement of those present pointed to a roast chicken that was the center of a large table, exclaiming "It's so clear I am innocent, as certain is that rooster to crow. Everyone laughed but nobody touched the cock. What seemed impossible happened. When the pilgrim was being hanged, the cock stood up and sang at the table! After such an event no one doubted the innocence of the Pilgrim. The Judge went to the gallows and horrified to see the poor man's rope around his neck, but the knot lasso, preventing bottlenecks. The man was immediately released and sent in peace. A few years later, he returned to Barcelos and built the monument in honor of the Virgin and Santiago ....."
Fonte: http://www.cm-barcelos.pt
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