These revelations triggered a devastating series of autos-da-fé, public executions by burning, stripping of assets, and imprisonments. He betrayed his own mother and siblings, thought to be revenge for receiving less inheritance than some of his brothers. The Spanish Inquisition took more than a century to officially take hold of this town. The local Seat of the Inquisition (“Casa de la Inquisición”) is hidden in plain sight on a small street like any other in the old part of town. The five coats of arms above the portal represent the five local families tasked with carrying out the Inquisition in this part of Galicia.

Source: The Local November 12, 2019 22:03 UTC