Ethnographic heritage
A Calle or Correo Neighbourhood Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas
- Goián, A Calle Neighbourhood, 19th-20th centuries.
- Coordinates:41.945087, -8.769623
It features a chapel resting on a carved corbel, which is topped by an undulating profile moulding that is decorated with a cross in relief in its inner central section. The semicircular arched niche houses a padlocked box for the alms, which is decorated with a representation of three souls among the flames. These are heavily deteriorated due to the passage of time and rust.
It is embedded into the wall of the house known as "Das do Correo”, a name by which this structure is also commonly known.
Bibliography: Fernández de la Cigoña and Núñez, Estanislao: Esmoleiros e petos de ánimas da provincia de Pontevedra. Vigo: Ir Indo, 1998. 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. Asociación de Veciños da Aurora Boletín Informativo Cultural, 3, Tomiño.
