Ethnographic heritage
Souls' Shrine of the graveyard Peto de ánimas
- Goián, Graveyard, 19th-20th centuries.
- Coordinates:41.945886, -8.777355
It features a chapel with a semicircular arched niche, housing a relief of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus. The upper part is adorned with a triangular moulding topped by a large scallop shell, which supports a free-standing cross. It stands on a quadrangular stone, workig as a table with an iron grate, which also rests on a rubblework plinth.
It used to be located beside the graveyard entrance, but it was later moved to its current location.
According to local residents, it was commissioned by Anastasio Troncoso during the period the graveyard was constructed (1893-1910).
Bibliography: Fernández de la Cigoña and Núñez, Estanislao: Esmoleiros e petos de ánimas da provincia de Pontevedra. Vigo: Ir Indo, 1998. Fernández de la Cigoña, Estanislao and Loira, Félix: «Cruces, cruceiros e petos das parroquias de San Campio de Figueiró e San Cristovo de Goián (Tomiño-Pontevedra)», in Asociación Galega para a Cultura e a Ecoloxía: Actas do VII Congreso Galego de Cruceiros, 2017. Asociación de Veciños da Aurora Boletín Informativo Cultural, 3, Tomiño.
