 The toponym was assigned to ways, in the North of Portugal, that were paved where it was necessary.To the west, the Calçada ended next to the Town's Pillory of the 1514 Royal Charter by King Manuel I, that Flávio Gonçalves points out the construction in the reign of King John III, a period of local development.On the Pillory site the development of the Street of the Blacksmiths (Rua dos Ferreiros) was initiated in 1568.