Bonarcado

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Bonarcado
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Bonarcado (Italy)
Bonarcado
Country Italy
region Sardinia
province Oristano  (OR)
Local name Bonàrcadu
Coordinates 40 ° 6 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 5 ′ 46 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 19 ″  E
height 284  m slm
surface 28.54 km²
Residents 1,538 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 54 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 09070
prefix 0783
ISTAT number 095015
Popular name Bonarcadesi
Patron saint Romuald
Website Bonarcado
Bonarcado - Panorama (02) .jpg

Bonarcado is an Italian municipality with 1538 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Oristano in Sardinia . It is located southeast of Monte Ferru , not far from the Monteferru-Sinis nature reserve.

Map with the Riu di Mare Foghe, which forms a waterfall in the village
Moddizzosu - typical bread from Bonarcado

At the northern exit of the village on a small square lined with pilgrims' huts (muristènes) stands the Condaghe di Santa Maria church , once one of the most important churches of the Arborea judiciary . Like the more famous Santa Maria del Regno in Ardara , it is entirely made of dark basalt and trachyte . From the early Tuscan - Lombard building phase (consecrated 1146/47) come the three-arched facade influenced by the cathedral of Santa Giusta with the later added octagon window, as well as the south wall up to the campanile and its lower part in the middle .

Judge Comita of the Arborea Judiciary invited his counterparts to the Bonarcado Conference in 1146 to resolve a controversy.

Bonarcado in the province of Oristano

Between 1242 and 1268, the three-aisled annex from the campanile to the present-day high apse was expanded by Arab builders, who were here for the first time in Sardinia ( Mudejar style with arches and corrugated pilaster strips, etc.). In the 19th century the church (north side, upper part of the tower with baroque bulb, barrel vault inside) was changed again significantly.

Right behind the apse is the tiny Santuario della Madonna di Bonacattu , an important pilgrimage site. The original Byzantine central building (probably from the 7th century) was changed in the Mudejar style at the same time as Santa Maria. On the facade there are nose arches, which together form a Moorish stalactite arch, and majolica medallions , including some rare originals from the 13th century (blue floral pattern and dotted edge on a light background).

literature

  • Rainer Pauli: Sardinia. History culture landscape. Voyages of discovery on one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean . 7th edition. DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1368-3 , ( DuMont documents. DuMont art travel guide ).
  • Dionigi Scano: Storia dell'arte in Sardegna dal XI al XIV secolo . Cagliari-Sassari, Montorsi 1907, pp. 136-139;

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.