The Church
The village of Villamar is worth a visit, being characterized by an intact old centre with houses built in ladiri, i.e. traditional raw bricks made of a mixture of mud and straw, then dried in the sun. Near the maiorchino quarter, at a short distance from the 16th-century parish church of the village, the Romanesque church of San Pietro shows a characteristically asymmetric façade. Built in limestone, it currently presents two naves marked by arcades on piers, south-east-facing apses and wooden cover.
Description »
San Pietro shows a characteristically asymmetric façade. Built in limestone, it currently presents two naves marked by arcades on piers, south-east-facing apses and wooden cover. Originally, the church had been raised in the 13th century with a single-nave plan; later, a narrower aisle was added to the northern side. It is interesting to remark a fine, two-light bell gable placed on the southern nave, in addition to a series of variously decorated small corbels on the façade, supporting small arches ending in a tiny lobe; the apses are marked by pointed arches. The sides were reworked in an undocumented age.
History »
No documents confirm the construction of San Pietro church; yet, a formal analysis would place it in a time span comprised between the second half of the 13th century and the first quarter of the 14th.
Bibliography »
Roberto Coroneo, Architettura romanica dalla metà del mille al primo ‘300, Nuoro, 1993. Roberto Coroneo, Renata Serra, Sardegna preromanica e romanica, collana “Patrimonio artistico italiano”, Milano, 2004.Roberto Coroneo, Chiese romaniche della Sardegna. Itinerari turistico-culturali, Cagliari, 2005.
Location
Bell gable
Apse
Column/Pillar
Nave/Aisles
