C/ Santos Galindo, 1, Mengíbar - 23620
Description
Located in the historical set of Mengibar, the rolls and the picotas are evidence of their formation as a people with its own jurisdiction. The origin of the rolls is on the date of 1574, when the city of Jaén was emancipated and the title of Villa was acquired.
The title, granted by Philip II, allowed him to have full jurisdiction, made symbolized by the presence of rolls and picotas. While the former reflect the new administrative and legal status, picotta is the place where the prisoners were punished.
The rolls marked the jurisdictional limit and were commemorative monuments of the award of the title of Villa. The picotas were stone columns, more or less ornamented, where punishments and public scarings were applied. At present, the three conserved in the municipality are crouched and topped by crosses.
