THE CHURCHES

Sardegna » THE CHURCHES

Former cathedral of San Nicola


The Church

The Romanesque church dedicated to San Nicola is located in the centre of Ottana, today marked by an industrial settlement.  The church has got a single hall covered with a wooden roof, with a groin-vaulted transept. The apse faces east. The edifice was built in two phases during the same building works in the 12th century. The interior guards the Ottana polyptych, a painting on wood on a gold background made between 1339 and 1344, commissioned by Silvestro, a Franciscan bishop of Ottana, and by Mariano IV, the future sovereign of the Giudicato of Arborea.

Description »

History »

Works »

Restorations »

Bibliography »

Location

Dating

12th century

Glossary »

JOURNEYS THROUGH ROMANESQUE

Romanesque itinerary in central Sardinia