Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno
Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno
Located in Bauladu, the church dedicated to St Gregory the Great is of significant historical importance. Its construction, datable between 1205 and 1228, coincides with a period when Sardinia was the object of great interest on the part of the papacy. St. Gregory the Great himself, during his pontificate (590-604), wrote no less than 41 letters concerning the island, thus providing a valuable source of information on the early Middle Ages in Sardinia. The building is distinguished by a remarkable portal, adorned with a limestone relief in Gothic-Catalan style dating back to the late 16th century. This artistic element, which depicts the Virgin and Child between two angels, is the subject of a curious local legend: it is said to be the work of the mythical 'Damas Cugurras', three women of the village originally from Santa Barbara di Turre. Inside the church, you can admire a polychrome statue of the Madonna of the Snow, a 16th-century work probably of the Spanish school.