DESCRIZIONE:
La chiesa di Santa Maria di Cea (Nostra Sennora ‘e Se, in sardo) si trova a circa 6 Km da Banari.
In origine “di Seve”, un antico piccolo centro situato nella fertile vallata percorsa dal ruscello permanente di Badu de Corte.
L’intero complesso testimonia le energie culturali e religiose del passato, e offre un’esperienza di scoperta unica.
Legata anticamente all’ordine benedettino dei Vallombrosani, la chiesa risale alla seconda metà del XII secolo ed è stata confermato a questa Congregazione nel primo Quattrocento.
La chiesa romanica presenta una pianta a navata unica con una facciata in conci squadrati di calcare, pseudocapitelli floreali e un imponente campanile a vela con luce semicircolare.
NARRAZIONE:Romanesque churches offer many opportunities for encounters and discoveries, as they acted like catalysts for cultural and religious energies, among which, the monastic dimension must certainly be included.
Eloquent proof of this relationship is the country church of Santa Maria di Cea, (in Sardinian: Nostra Sennora de Se) originally “di Sève”, an ancient small town located in the fertile valley crossed by the permanent stream of Badu de Corte, about 6 km from Bànari.
It was originally a place of worship linked to the Vallombrosans, a community of Benedictine monks founded by Saint John Gualbert in 1039.
These monks owe their name to the forest of Vallombrosa in Tuscany, an area they managed from the 11th century until 1866, when their ecclesiastical property was confiscated by the Kingdom of Italy.
The monastic complex of Santa Maria di Cea, dating back to the second half of the 12th century, was definitively confirmed to this Congregation in the early 15th century and then elevated to an abbey in 1474. Today, we can still admire the Romanesque church, the enclosed inner courtyard, which until the second half of the last century, was used for animal breeding and agriculture, along with some hermitages, buildings where hermits retired to live.
The façade, made of squared limestone ashlars, is divided about half way up by a slightly projecting string-course cornice.
The lower register shows a series of capitals with floral motifs.
At the top is a remarkable bell gable with a semicircular span, as if to watch over the testimonies of devotion offered by pilgrims and monks of the past.
The building has a single-nave floor plan, which can be accessed through two entrances: a side entrance – the so-called ‘Holy Door’ – and the main entrance for the faithful.
BIBLIOGRAFIA:M. Brigaglia, S. Tola (a cura di), Dizionario storico-geografico dei comuni della Sardegna, Sassari, Carlo Delfino Editore, 2009.
F. Floris, (a cura di), Enciclopedia della Sardegna, Sassari, Newton&Compton Editore, 2007.
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G. Deriu, S. Chessa, M. Derudas, Supplemento al tomo II di Meilogu, Muros, Nuova Stampa Color, 2014.
INDIRIZZO: 6 chilometri da Banari sulla strada provinciale che porta a Ittiri, Ossi e Florinas. SP41bis 07040 BANARI (SS) MAPPA:Array