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Ethnographic heritage

A Gandariña Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas

  • Estás, A Gandariña, 19th-20th centuries.
  • Coordinates:41.976388, -8.762564
It is made of granite and is located in A Gandariña Neighbourhood, attached to a wall. It has a rectangular shape with a mixtilinear top crowned by an iron cross. On the inside it is preserved, although in poor condition, a small wooden altarpiece with traces of polycrome paint whose original motifs are no longer discernible.

Bibliography: Fernández de la Cigoña, Estanislao and Loira, Félix: “Cruces, cruceiros e petos da parroquia de San Xoán de Amorín (Tomiño-Pontevedra)”, in Asociación Galega para a Cultura e a Ecoloxía: Actas do X Congreso Galego de Cruceiros, 2015. Asociación de Veciños da Aurora Boletín Informativo Cultural, 1.