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Patrimonio Tomiño
Patrimonio Tomiño
Ethnographic heritage

Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas

  • Barrantes, Parish Church, 1783
  • Coordinates:42.0151, -8.76284
Its is carved from a single piece of stone. It features a chapel with a double semicircular arched niche, which is currently empty. The upper part is topped with a free-standing cross of square-section. There is an engraved inscription on the stone that is barely legible due to erosion and moss. However, the date 1783 can still be discerned. According to the Boletín da Asociación da Aurora, in an article about the parish of Barrantes, the text once read: “ESCUDO DE ANIMAS ...1783”. This was not its original location, and it is currently disused and partially hidden by vegetation.

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.