Ethnographic heritage
Praza do Mosteiro Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas
- Barrantes, Praza do Mosteiro, 20th century.
- Coordinates:42.01505, -8.76371
It is made of stone and features a semicircular chapel with a semicircular arched niche, which contains a relief depicting the souls with the Crucified Christ at the center. It is located in Praza do Mosteiro, near the parish church. According to local residents, it was commissioned around 1982 by the parish priest Don Cándido, to replace an older one.
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, 2018. Moure, Isabel and Da Rocha, Juan Carlos: “Petos de ánimas ou esmoleiros das parroquias de Barrantes e Pinzás”, in Asociación de Veciños da Aurora. Boletín Informativo Cultural, 4.
