Ethnographic heritage
A Barca Stone Cross Cruceiro
- Goián, O Pazo. Fortified area of San Lourenzo, 1557
- Coordinates:41.94238, -8.75332
It is known as “Stone Cross of A Barca”, “Stone Cross da finca da Torre”. “do río”, or “do Forte de San Lourenzo”, and is one of the oldest.
It features a quadrangular step supporting a cubic base with chamfered upper edges. On each one of its sides it has an engraved inscription, a bit deteriorated due to the passage of time, that appears to read: “FES/GALES/GREGON/1557”.
It has a plain cylindrical shaft is topped by a ball-shaped capital, which serves as a support for an square-section cross featuring the Crucified Christ beneath a cartouche.
Bibliography: Fernández de la Cigoña, Estanislao and Loira, Félix: «Cruces, cruceiros e petos das parroquias de San Campio de Figueiró e San Cristovo de Goián (Tomiño-Pontevedra)», in Asociación Galega para a Cultura e a Ecoloxía: Actas do VII Congreso Galego de Cruceiros, 2017. Franco, Óscar: in patrimoniogalego.net (http://patrimoniogalego.net/index.php/37791/2013/03/cruceiro-da- barca/ )
