Cruceiro Ponte Da Barca Cross

Cruceiro Ponte Da Barca Cross Rúa EchegarayN-550 Ponte Da Barca, 36002 Pontevedra Parish: Pontevedra (Santa María a Maior) Another name: Cruceiro d'Asención, Cruceiro da Moureira According to historical documents, the cross can be traced back to 1592, originally located in the Moureiro community, now Rua do Cruceiro. Castro emphasized it as a transition example from the Renaissance to the Baroque period. The cross has a base with four steps and a hexagonal base, the axis is mounted on this base, which has an octagonal section. Above it, the size increases to properly support the cross. The cross is the most prominent part; it protrudes the end of the tip like an anchor. In the center, the size of Christ is larger than his companions St. John and the Virgin. This expression with different sizes of fragments is a memory of other times; in the following years, this figure will level off. The scene refers to Dis. The back is reserved for the Virgin Mary, representing mercy and her dead son. This figure is perhaps more accomplished than Christ, more emerging from the material, and larger in volume. The devout faction also did a lot of work, showing the more rigid calm and liveliness of the last century. Xosé Fuentes recorded the custom of burying fetuses or stillbirths next to the cross, these crosses were not consecrated and could not be placed in the cemetery. Pontevedra Province·Galicia Autonomous Region