{"id":74912,"date":"2025-11-23T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T10:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?post_type=contenido&#038;p=74912"},"modified":"2025-11-23T11:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T10:51:48","slug":"san-marcos-cruceiro","status":"publish","type":"contenido","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/post\/san-marcos-cruceiro","title":{"rendered":"San Marcos Cruceiro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Cruceiro de San Marcos<\/strong>, a traditional <strong>cruceiro (Galician granite wayside cross)<\/strong>, stands in the forecourt of <strong>San Marcos Church in Corcubi\u00f3n<\/strong>, right in the heart of Galicia\u2019s <strong>Costa da Morte<\/strong>. It is a must-see for anyone wishing to discover the true character of this small fishing town. As part of the local <strong>ethnographic heritage<\/strong>, this monument welcomes residents, pilgrims and visitors with the quiet presence of age-old stone, inviting you to pause for a moment and soak up the atmosphere of the square and the historic quarter around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although its original platform now lies almost buried, the octagonal pedestal is still striking, decorated with <strong>skulls and crossed bones<\/strong>, a symbol of <strong>Original Sin<\/strong> and of redemption through Christ\u2019s Passion. From this base rises the shaft, circular in section and finely fluted, topped by a cylindrical capital with a smooth astragal, straight abacus and an elegant finish of <strong>volutes and floral motifs<\/strong>. As a whole, the cruceiro reads like an open-air stone manuscript and is a fine example of the <strong>religious heritage of the Costa da Morte<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cross itself has a square section, with arms in <strong>hollow moulding and florid finials<\/strong>. On the front we see <strong>Christ crucified<\/strong> with three nails, his head slightly tilted to the right, wearing the crown of thorns and a loincloth tied on the same side, beneath the <strong>INRI<\/strong> inscription. On the back appears the scene of the <strong>Piet\u00e0<\/strong>, with the Virgin holding Jesus\u2019 body over a small <strong>winged angel<\/strong> pedestal. Stopping at this cruceiro is a simple yet powerful way to connect with local spirituality, the history of Corcubi\u00f3n and the deep seafaring identity of the Costa da Morte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cruceiro de San Marcos, a traditional cruceiro (Galician granite wayside cross), stands in the forecourt of San Marcos Church in Corcubi\u00f3n, right in the heart of Galicia\u2019s Costa da Morte. It is a must-see for anyone wishing to discover the true character of this small fishing town. As part of the local ethnographic heritage, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":74911,"template":"","concellos-contenido":[324],"categorias-contenido":[248],"class_list":["post-74912","contenido","type-contenido","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","concellos-contenido-corcubion-en","categorias-contenido-arquitectura-religiosa-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido\/74912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contenido"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"concellos-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concellos-contenido?post=74912"},{"taxonomy":"categorias-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorias-contenido?post=74912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}