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Ethnographic heritage

A Pedra do Couto Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas

  • Estás, Pedra do Couto O Outeiro, 1913
  • Coordinates:41.976388, -8.762564
It is located located in Pedra do Couto It is attached to a wall. It is made of granite and stands on a rectangular base engraved with the text “CAROLINA VICENTE”. The chapel features a gable roof and serves as a support for a large square-section cross with chamfered edges. On the front it has engraved the date 1913. It houses a small wooden altarpiece and an alms box, which is protected by a door made of bars.

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.