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Church of the Purgative Souls
The Church of the Anime Purganti, along with the Church of the Santa Barbara and the Oratorio di Nostra Signora del Rosario (Oratory of Our Lady of the Rosary) form a triad of churches that overlook the main piazza of the townand.
The establishment dates back to the XVII century and is expression of a typical Spanish style. It was built from a nave with a barrel vault structured on the inside by perfectly distanced arches.
The external facade, with a double inflection background, is enriched by the presence of a battlement, a merlon and a webbed bell tower.
Inside, the presbytery, made into a small room, preserves the only example of a wooden altar from the XVII century, safeguarded at Villacidro from neglect and weather conditions.
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Author's words
…But in the evening, when the sparrows gathered on the cypresses flanking the “l'Oratorio delle Anime” (the souls Oratory), on hearing the deafening screech as if it were some mysterious signal, the children poured out from all directions into the squares once more.
(Giuseppe Dessì, Paese d’ombre)
