Ethnographic heritage
Alivio Festival Ground Stone Cross Cruceiro
- Tomiño, San Bieito Neighbourhood, 20th century. 1900.
- Coordinates:41.983773, -8.745137
It is located in the Alivio Festival grounds, in the neighbourhood of San Bieito, in the parish of Tomiño. As indicated by a heavily eroded inscription, which is in the lower part of the shaft, it was constructed in 1900. Acccording to Fernández de la Cigoña e Loira publication from 2017, it was still possible to read “O/ DE/ JUAN/ BENI/ TO/ ALVA/ REZ V/1900”.
It features a single step followed by a truncated pyramidal base. There is a plain square-section shaft with chamfered corners that rests on the base. On the upper part there is a capital with quadrangular mouldings, which supports a plain cross of cylindrical arms.
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 VII Congreso Galego de Cruceiros, 2017. Fernández de la Cigoña, Estanislao: Esmoleiros e petos de ánimas da provincia de Pontevedra. Vigo: Ir Indo, 1998.
