Nostra Signora di Cabu Abbas

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Nostra Signora di Cabu Abbas

The church Nostra Signora di Cabu Abbas ( Sardinian Our Lady of the Spring ) is located about 500 m west of the Nuraghe Santu Antine in the province of Sassari in Sardinia . The 12/13 The single-nave church, built in the 18th century, stood in the center of a village that has since disappeared. A church of the same name is located near Olbia .

The building, built in the Romanesque-Pisan style, consists of white limestone blocks interspersed with black trachyte on the outside and trachyte stone on the inside. It has an apse facing southeast . An apse compartment along the north side, a single cross vault, is supported by pointed arches and an arched portal. On the outer facade there is an anthropomorphic sculpture that is difficult to interpret. She is supposed to represent a pagan deity. The church was restored in 1971.

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See also

literature

  • Roberto Coroneo, Renata Serra: Sardegna preromanica e romanica. (= Patrimonio artistico italiano. ) Jaca Book et al., Milano et al. 2004, ISBN 88-16-60327-5 .

Coordinates: 40 ° 29 ′ 31.1 ″  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 39.5 ″  E