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Cagliari, unmissable destination of the religious tourism

It would takes two whole days to visit all the churches of Cagliari, starting from the Basilica di San Saturnino (VI century A.D.), example of early Christian building, reconstructed in the XI century.(...)

Hundreds of churches scattered in the territory of Sulcis-Iglesiente

To the influence of the Aragonese rule (until the half of the XV century) is owed the style of the original construction of the church of San Giorgio, in Siliqua. Of the original Gothic-Catalan structure (...)

The places of cult in Baronìe: in Galtellì a church of the XII century

The ex-Cathedral of San Pietro, in Galtellì, was built in the XII century and was bishop's seat until the 1495, before that the population was mown down by the malaria and exposed to the continuous (...)

The churches of Marghine and Planargia

The original structure of the cathedral of the Beata Vergine Maria Immacolata, in Bosa, was built in the XII century on the initiative of the Malaspina family, but today the church (...)

The churches of Parteolla

The church of San Biagio, in Dolianova (the most important center of Parteolla), goes back to the XVI century (as it is possible to deduce from the portal and the presbytery in late Gothic style), but during the following ages (...)

The seven churches of Gesico and the sites of Trexenta

Senorbì is the most populated and important town of Trexenta. Very interesting the late Gothic parochial church dedicated to Santa Barbara, constructed between 1640 and 1680, and finished in 1821.(...)

Many churches in Castelsardo but the pearl is in Tergu

In Castelsardo (Anglona), not far from the Bell tower, there is the cathedral dedicated to Sant'Antonio Abbot. Constructed between the XVI and the XVII century, on the ruins of one Romanesque church (...)

A lot of churches in Sassari and its hinterland are well-worth a visit

In Sassari there are many churches of oustanding artistic value. Among these we mention the cathedral of San Nicola, the patron saint of the city: placed in the old town centre, a few steps away from the Ducal Palace (...)

San Nicola di Quirra protects Sarrabus since the XII century

Near the ruins of the medieval castle of Quirra, in the territory of Villaputzu, not distant from the State road 125 (the so-called Orientale Sarda), you can visit the church of San Nicola di Quirra,(...)

Graves and nuraghic huts under the church of San Nicola, in Orroli

The church of San Nicola in Orroli, preserves under its modern foundations about fifteen “tombe a camera” (room graves), mostly in correspondence of the nave. The archaeological diggings (...)

The Sinis Peninsula, the church of San Salvatore constructed on a pagan temple

The small country church of San Salvatore, that rises in the homonym religious village in territory of Cabras, was constructed on the hypogeum of San Salvatore, a pagan sanctuary going back to the nuraghic age,(...)

In Perdasdefogu a pre-Romanesque church of the IX century B.C.

In Perdasdefogu the pre-Romanesque church of Saint Sebastiano, constructed between the IX and the XI century, is worth a visit. The inner structure (as for example the arches that separate the nave and the two side aisles) remembers some churches of the Catalonia. (...)

In Porto Torres and Alghero churches of considerable architectonic value

In Alghero, the bishop' s seat since 1503, the cathedral of Santa Maria (recently refurbished) has been constructed in Catalan late Gothic style. It has an octagonal bell tower with pyramidal cuspid. (...)

The churches of Nuorese: in Orotelli an ancient parochial

The cathedral of Santa Maria della Neve, in Nùoro, has been completed at the half of the XIX century. Characterized by two lateral bell towers, in its inside it preserves some artistic works of relief. (...)

In Montiferru many churches constructed in the XIII century

The medieval village of Zuri (territory of Ghilarza) was abandoned in the first half of the last century, when was realized the Omodeo dum. The population had to move in a zone more upstream and, (...)

Nostra Signora di Castro, in Oschiri a small but really original cathedral

Small but original, the ex cathedral of Nostra Signora di Castro (near Oschiri) is surely worth a visit. Constructed in the XII century, in the period of the Giudicato of Torres Costantino II with red and brown trachyte blocks, (...)

The XIII century has left a print in Marmilla

At the entrance of Villanovaforru, at the top of one of the sweet hills surrounding this town of Marmilla, there is the refurbished country church dedicated to Santa Marina, Spanish marty.(...)

The sanctuary of San Mauro in Sorgono: the centre of the Cult in Mandrolisai

The sanctuary of San Mauro (Sorgono) was constructed by the Benedictines monks around 1120, on the ruins of a pre-existing church (...)

Logudoro-Meilogu rich in proposals also in the cult

From years the monastery of San Pietro di Sorres, not far from Borutta, proposes itself with discretion to the lovers of quiet, spirituality and meditation. The guestrooms, in fact, accommodate people (...)

The churches of Gerrei

Ad Armungia merita una visita la parrocchiale In Armungia is worth a visit the parochial of the Immacolata, which goes back to the eighteenth century. Just a bit far from the town, instead, built on the top of a valley from which it dominates the surrounding area, we find the sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna di Bonaria.

In Olbia the ancient basilica of San Simplicio in honor of the patron

The basilica of San Simplicio, in Olbia, was constructed at the end of the XI century and completed at the beginning of the XII. Dedicated to the Saint patron of Olbia and Gallura,(...)

Hundred towns and thousand churches in the Campidano

At three kilometers from Cagliari, near the old street connecting the city to the beach of Giorgino, it is possible to visit the little church of Sant' Efisio, which was built around the 1600. (...)

San Costantino, the cult passed by the Byzantines

At the beginning of the XII century A.D. (probably around 1100 and 1120), San Lussorio church was constructed in Fordongianus by the Vittorini Monks in place of the crypt, in which the Saint martyr had been beheaded in 304 AD, under Diocleziano empire. (...)

Oristano, Santa Maria cathedral rebuilt after the Pisan damaging

The Romanesque cathedral of Saint Maria, in Oristano, was built in the first half of XII the century. But on the Piasa's pillage, the building was seriously damaged, then it was radically modified during the centuries. The cathedral, next to the fifteenth century bell tower, with an octagonal plan (...)

Nostra Signora di Buoncammino dominates Iglesias

The one that the Pisans in the XIII century B.C. named Villa di Chiesa, is the present Iglesias, a town which spreads under the panoramic hill where the church of Nostra Signora di Buoncammino (...)

In San Giovanni of Sinis a byzantine basilica of the VI century A.D.

In San Giovanni of Sinis, beside the carriageway that crosses the village, there is a byzantine basilica of the VI century A.D.,which has been partially ruined by some events that came one (...)

The church of San Nicola preserves the beautiful "Pala of Ottana"

The Romanesque church of San Nicola towers over the scene of the small center of Ottana (Barbagie), also thanks to well-finished arrangement works of the flower-beds below. (...)

The Santissima Trinità in Saccargia, Roman-Pisan example

In Sardinia there are hundreds of churches, built mostly in Roman style. Every town has its own: sometimes the devotion regards a saint, whose cult has been brought from the invading populations. (...)