Hío Cruceiro

The cruceiro of HIO is one of the great wonders of the ethnographic heritage of Galicia. It lies in the parish of Hío beside St. Andrew's Church and rectory. It is almost completely carved from a single block of granite by master Cerviño in 1872. It can be seen from the bottom up: Based on the sizes of Adam and Eve before the original sin, the Virgen del Carmen assisting the souls in purgatory and limbo of Christ the righteous. In the trunk: Adam and Eve ashamed after the expulsion from paradise and the Virgin Mary stepping on the head of the demon-dragon. And on top, crowning the cruise desenclavo we see Christ.