Travel guide

of the surrounding wall of the area of Castello, which was completed in
1305–07 with the towers of San Pancrazio and of the Elephant, designed
by Giovanni Capula. In the second half of the XIII century, Santa Maria of
Bonarcado was widened and the cathedral of San Pantaleo of Dolianova
built. On the construction site of the latter, the first masters congregate to
build several minor churches in the region. In 1293, the architect Anselmo
da Como supervises the creation of San Pietro of Zuri (Ghilarza), which
points to transitional shapes from Romanesque to Gothic.
The church of Santissima Trinità of Saccargia, located in the middle of a
lush green rural valley in the area of Codrongianos, is one of the most
remarkable examples of Romanesque architecture in Sardinia.
Erected in two phases, starting from the first years of the XII century, it
belonged to the Benedectines of Camaldoli, who lived in the monastery
whose remnants are currently preserved. It features a mono-nave hall with
a transect overlooked by three apses facing north-east. The façade is
preceded by a portico with cross-shaped vaults, whereas in the northern
section the tall square-shafted bell tower and a sacristy are located. The
peculiar bichromy is of clear Pisan origin, as is the partition into three
horizontal layers of the façade. In the upper layers, series of small arches
Retable by Maestro
di Ozieri
form false recesses housing variegated polychrome decorations.
Inside the church, the bare walls tease the view towards the apse area, in
which an extraordinary cycle of fresco paintings, attributable to a Tuscan-
Latian painter, is preserved.
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