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Church of Santa Anastasia, Sardara

The provincial area of Middle Campidano is scattered with noteworthy religious buildings dating from different ages. They show a variety of architectural styles, from Romanesque to Gothic-Aragonese, from Baroque to Renaissance. A number of shrines have been guarding valuable works of art in their interiors, such as most precious retables, polychrome marble altars, ancient pipe organs, wooden statues, frescoes etc. Rural churches are of special interest, being often immersed in evocative natural settings also making the background to festivals, fairs and religious events, alternating throughout the year in a rich calendar of highlights. In the old centres, squares of medieval layouts and scenic views host gems of sacred architecture, expressing Sardinian people’s deep sense of religion through their stylistic features.
A visit to the churches, either in old centres and in rural sites, will disclose a simply-natured piety, closely related to the traditional agro-pastoral civilization that, still today, interchanges daily activities with intense proofs of faith.

 

 

  • Façade of the church of Santa Maria Lunamatrona churches
    The centre counts three important buildings: the church of Santa Maria, first parish church of the village, built in the 14th century in Romanesque style, later abandoned for a long time and recently restored; the church of San Sebastiano...
  • The parish church of Santa Maria della neve Pabillonis churches
    The historical centre of Pabillonis hosts the church of San Giovanni Battista, raised in the 15th century. The building, of popular architecture, has got a single nave with sail-shaped bell tower. One of the two bells dates from 1594, as confirmed by a still visible Latin inscription on it...
  • Church of Sant'Agostino Pauli Arbarei churches
    The village gathers around its two churches: the parish church of San Vincenzo and the church of Sant'Agostino. The first dates back to the first half of the 17th century and is built in Renaissance style. Valuable items are kept inside, such as a 17th-century wooden Crucifix and a precious, astylar silver cross...
  • Architectural detail, church of San Gemiliano Samassi churches
    Various churches are located in the old centre: among them is the medieval church of San Gemiliano, raised on a chamber tomb of Byzantine age. It was built around the 10th century in Romanesque style...
  • Santa Severa San Gavino Monreale churches
    The best-known sacred edifice of San Gavino is the church of San Gavino, built in the 14th century by Pisan workers. The building has got a squared plan, covered by a cross vault with a Gothic, one-light window, adorned with capitals decorated...
  • Church of San Rocco Sanluri churches
    The church of Sant’Anna, whose construction dates back to the 16th century at least, has been the seat of the Brotherhood of Carmine since 1726; it underwent different restoration works in the following centuries. It hosts the statue of the Virgin of Carmine as well as a simulacrum of Sant’Anna, whose datation is quite difficult due to a later re-painting (yet the statue is no doubt most ancient)...
  • Parish church of Sant’Antonio Sardara churches
    In the old centre of Sardara is the parish church of Sant’Antonio, built in the second half of the 17th century, guarding a wooden polychrome altar of early 1700. On top of the village rises the parish church of the Holy Virgin of the Assumption...
  • Bell tower of the parish church of San Giorgio Segariu churches
    Only two ancient churches out of the original seven have survived: the parish church of San Giorgio and the rural church of Saint Anthony of Padua. The first one, dedicated to Saint George, martyr of Cappadocia, was built starting from the 14th century in several construction stages...
  • The parish church of San Leonardo Serramanna churches
    The parish church of San Leonardo, located in the old centre, was built in the 15th century in Gothic style. As it was extensively enlarged and modified throughout the following centuries, it currently appears in a combination of Gothic-Catalan...
  • The church of Santa Vitalia Serrenti churches
    Serrenti, like Segariu, used to be called ‘the village of the seven churches’; despite this, only a few of them have survived. The parish church of the Immaculate Conception, built in the 14th century in Gothic-Aragonese style...

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