Monastir, Church of Santa Lucia

Narration:

There is a close relationship between purely urban landscape contexts and those in the countryside, which are nevertheless capable of giving a sense of belonging within the community. The Romanesque church of Santa Lucia di Monastir, immersed in the countryside where peace and nature reign, is one of these examples, also thanks to the feast dedicated to her every year on the last Sunday of August, when the entire community participates in the event with an evocative procession followed by traditional celebrations.

The hall was built towards the end of the 13th century, but the first written document in which it appears dates back only to 1777, where it is described as a very ancient church located in the uninhabited villa of Baratuili, already documented from the 14th century, that stood near the medieval castle of Baradili, of which few ruins survive.

The building of worship has a single nave with no apse and is surrounded on three sides by a portico probably dating back to the 17th century. The façade, composed of limestone ashlars of different colours, still retains its original Romanesque features and features a round-headed portal. Above the portal is a mullioned window with a decorated monolithic centina, on either side of which is a horizontal arch. The gable end is surmounted by a bell gable in axis with the mullioned window and portal. On the left side, whose front section still retains elements of the Romanesque period, there is another curved portal set on two capitals, one of which is decorated with an anthropomorphic protome.

Inside, the simple nave with a wooden truss roof still shows traces of the arch of the now disappeared apse in the chancel wall. The hall is embellished with several pieces of furniture, among which the 17th-century retable of St. Lucy stands out.

Bibliography:

Roberto Coroneo, Architettura Romanica dalla metà del Mille al primo ‘300, Ilisso, 1993, scheda 124

Foiso Fois, Castelli della Sardegna medioevale, a cura di B. Fois, Cinisello Balsamo, Amilcare Pizzi, 1992

Vittorio Angius, , in G. Casalis, Dizionario geografico storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S.M. il Re di Sardegna, XX, Torino, G. Maspero, 1842, p. 419

Claudia Pruner, Monastir e le sue chiese, Grafica del Parteolla, 2020

 

 

Municipality:

Monastir, SU, Italia

Address:

Chiesa di Santa Lucia, località Santa Lucia

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