Ethnographic heritage
Casa do Castillón Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas
- Tomiño, Camiño Novo, 20th century. 1946.
- Coordinates:41.995271, -8.74184
It is crafted from stone-carving and is known as “Peto de ánimas da Casa do Castillón”. It is embedded into a wall and consists of a quadrangular base that bears the following inscription «PROMESA/DE/ DOLORES/VAZQUEZ/ A LAS ANIMAS/ BENDITAS».
The chapel that houses the altarpiece is simple, made of a single block with a semicircular arched top. There is a cross on its front, on the upper part, in which it can be read “1946/ANO”. Inside the niche, there is a wooden altarpiece depicting the souls and the Crucified Christ. The alms box, situated below the arch, has a metal cover.
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.
