Ethnographic heritage
Parish Church Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas
- Piñeiro, Parish Church, -
- Coordinates:42.01634, -8.69934
It is located in front of the Parish Church of San Salvador de Piñeiro, and is embedded into the churchyard wall. It features a prismatic pedestal which serves as a base for a ledge, which supports a curved profile chapel with a gabled roof. Inside the niche, it can be found the alms box with an iron lid. There are no altarpieces, marks or inscriptions. This monument is topped by a square-section cross resting upon a large scallop shell.
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, 2020. Moure, Isabel and Da Rocha, Juan C.: «Petos de ánimas ou esmoleiros de Piñeiro», in Asociación de Veciños da Aurora: Boletín Informativo Cultural, 5, Tomiño.
