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Patrimonio Tomiño
Patrimonio Tomiño
Ethnographic heritage

Vilachán Souls' Shrine Peto de ánimas

  • Tomiño, Vilachán Neighbourhood. Rúa Salgosa, -
  • Coordinates:41.990268, -8.761244
It is located in the Vilachán Neighbourhood onRúa Salgosa, near the well-known “Casa da Raíña”. This soul's shrine is embedded into a wall beside the road. Nowadays, only the structure is preserved; it has no altarpiece, nor any visible marks or inscriptions. It consists of a pillar that serves as a base for a table upon which sits a curved cover chapel. Originally, it would have been topped by a cross that is no longer preserved.

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.