{"id":25336,"date":"2023-05-18T17:04:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/basilica-of-san-gavino\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T09:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:52:50","slug":"basilica-of-san-gavino","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/basilica-of-san-gavino\/","title":{"rendered":"Basilica of San Gavino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Basilica of Saints Gavino, Proto and Gianuario <\/strong>in Porto Torres is <strong>the largest Romanesque church in Sardinia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Erected <strong>in the second half of the XI century<\/strong>, the church fulfilled the <strong>role of Cathedral up to the mid-XV century<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The building stands between two courtyards and <strong>on top of two older churches dating back to the V-VI centuries<\/strong>, of which archaeological remains were found and from where certain <strong>reclaimed marbles<\/strong> distinguishable in the building, originate from.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>earliest mention of the title<\/strong> dates to <strong>1065 <\/strong>and is contained in the <strong>Condaghe di San Pietro di Silki<\/strong>. While, from the <strong>Pseudo-condaghe di San Gavino,<\/strong> we learn of the <strong>construction<\/strong> of the basilica in <strong>two clearly defined stages <\/strong>starting from the eastern apse.<\/p>\n<p>La Basilica di San Gavino is <strong>unique in Sardinia<\/strong> for its unusual<strong> layout with opposite apses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>inside<\/strong> has <strong>three columned naves<\/strong> with recycled marble capitals and three pairs of cruciform pillars. The <strong>central nave<\/strong> is covered in <strong>wood<\/strong>, <strong>externally in lead sheets<\/strong>, while the side <strong>naves<\/strong> are covered with <strong>cross vaults<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The portals <strong>are <\/strong> particularly <strong>interesting<\/strong>. Of these, the one on the northern side is <strong>Romanesque<\/strong> and presents angelic figures supporting the <strong>Judicate of Logudoro\u2019s coat of arms<\/strong>; while the other one, to the south, is <strong>Catalan-Gothic style<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>XVII century,<\/strong> a <strong>crypt<\/strong> was built under the church to preserve the h<strong>oly relics of San Gavino and his martyrdom companions, Proto and Gianuario<\/strong>, patron saints of the Archdiocese of Sassari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":27017,"template":"","tipologia":[980,979,1008],"categoria":[1023,1027],"tematica":[1030,1033],"class_list":["post-25336","place","type-place","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia-basilica-en","tipologia-chiesa-en","tipologia-chiesa-romanica-en","categoria-architectural-asset","categoria-historical-artistic-asset","tematica-architecture","tematica-art"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Basilica of San Gavino - Idese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/basilica-of-san-gavino\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basilica of San Gavino - Idese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Basilica of Saints Gavino, Proto and Gianuario in Porto Torres is the largest Romanesque church in Sardinia. 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