{"id":309978,"date":"2024-08-09T21:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T19:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/atzara-church-of-santantioco-martyr-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:05:05","slug":"atzara-church-of-santantioco-martire","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/atzara-church-of-santantioco-martire\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Sant\u2019Antioco Martire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Sant\u2019Antioco Martire in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/atzara\/\"><strong>Atzara,<\/strong><\/a> built between the 16th and 17th centuries, is a fine example of Catalan Gothic architecture in Sardinia. The fa\u00e7ade, broad and harmonious, is constructed entirely of trachyte carved with great precision; it is crowned by a cornice supported by trefoil-shaped battlements, a distinctive feature of local architecture. At the centre is the portal, surmounted by a rose window with a radiating pattern of small columns and arches, whilst two semicircular side windows illuminate the interior naves.<\/p>\n<p>On the right-hand side stands the square-plan bell tower, also built of trachyte, characterised by sections marked by string courses and single-lancet openings, both pointed and round-arched. The tower is topped by a stone balustrade, similar to that of the nearby rural sanctuary of San Mauro. In the past, it was surmounted by a dome with a large copper sphere and a cross, which was later removed for safety reasons. A curious feature that has now disappeared was the small stone sculpture known as Su moru sacru, situated on the fa\u00e7ade and used as a rainwater drain.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019interno \u00e8 suddiviso in tre navate: quella centrale \u00e8 coperta da volte a sesto acuto, mentre le laterali presentano volte a tutto sesto. L\u2019aula \u00e8 arricchita da due cappelle laterali e da altre due in prossimit\u00e0 del presbiterio, tutte con volte a botte. Elementi decorativi come cornicioni dentellati e nicchie timpanate testimoniano un gusto ormai vicino al tardo manierismo.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019altare maggiore ligneo, di stile spagnolo, \u00e8 oggi collocato nella cappella del Sacro Cuore. Tra gli oggetti di maggiore pregio si segnalano alcune argenterie del Cinquecento, tra cui un ostensorio di fattura spagnola e una croce proveniente da una bottega cagliaritana, testimonianze della ricchezza artistica e della storia religiosa della comunit\u00e0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Sant\u2019Antioco Martire in Atzara, a fine example of Catalan Gothic architecture featuring a trachyte fa\u00e7ade, a decorated rose window and exquisite sacred artworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":236975,"template":"","village-conntection":[50420],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76192,76190],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-309978","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-atzara-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-nuoro-en","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-sardinia","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/309978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/what-to-see"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/309978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=309978"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-region-and-provinces","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-region-and-provinces?post=309978"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=309978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}