Ethnographic heritage
Alto do Cotro Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas
- Tomiño, Alto do Cotro, -
- Coordinates:41.975282, -8.749697
This is the structure of an ancient souls' shrine set into the wall of a private property.
It consists of a small granite chapel that show wear and tear due to the passage of time, although the internal altarpiece has been lost. The base is composed of a rectangular pillar bearing a heavily eroded inscription that is currently illegible. However, according to the article of “Petos de ánimas ou esmoleiros de Tomiño”, some part of the text can be transcripted as following: “pasagero que vas por el camino... ánimas”.
Bibliography: Fernández de la Cigoña, Estanislao and Loira, Félix: “Cruces, cruceiros e petos da parroquia de Santa María de Tomiño (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. Moure, Isabel and Da Rocha, Juan: «Petos de ánimas ou esmoleiros de Tomiño», in Asociación de Veciños da Aurora. Boletín Informativo Cultural. Tomiño.
