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Falchi, built in the 1920s. an unknown late 14th-century VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Oristano’s smartest shops are Catalan artist. Another
found here and it is the most important work, by Pietro Practical Information
popular street for the Cavaro, depicts The Stigmata Road map B4. * 32,000.
traditional evening stroll. of San Francesco. n EPT, Piazza Eleonora 18,
(0783 368 3210).
P Piazza Eleonora R Santa Chiara ∑ gooristano.com
D’Arborea Via Garibaldi. Tel 0783 780 93. Transport
This long, irregular, tree- Open for Mass only (6pm daily). @ £
lined square is named after The Gothic church of Santa
the ruler who established Chiara was built in the
the famous Carta de 14th century. The to the workshop of the Catalan
Logu body of laws in façade displays artist Ramon de Mur; the
1392. A 19th-century sandstone ashlars, a Retablo di Cristo (1533), by
statue of Eleonora severe rose window followers of Pietro Cavaro, of
stands in the middle Eleonora d’Arborea and small bell gable. which only nine panels remain;
of the square. This piazza The interior has wooden and the Retablo della Madonna
also boasts noble buildings Gothic corbels with carved dei Consiglieri (1565) by the
such as Palazzo Corrias and the animal figures. Cagliari artist Antioco Mainas,
Palazzo Comunale, the town representing the councillors of
hall, once the Scolopi E Antiquarium Arborense Oristano kneeling before the
monastery. The octagonal Palazzo Parpaglia, Via Parpaglia 37. Virgin Mary.
church of San Vincenzo was Tel 0783 79 12 62. Open mid-Jun–mid- The archaeological collec tion
part of the monastery. Sep: 9am–2:30pm, 3:30–9pm daily; contains over 2,000 Neolithic
mid-Sep–mid-Jun 9am–8pm daily . obsidian scrapers, bone hair
R San Francesco & 8 7 = ∑ antiquarium slides, small amphoras from
Piazza Mannu. Tel 0783 782 75. arborense.it Greece and Etruria, and
Open 9:30–11:30am, 5–6:30pm. Housed in the Neo-Classical Roman glass objects and oil
This Neo-Classical church was Palazzo Parpaglia, this lamps. These all belong to
built over the remains of a interesting museum features the Collezione Archeologica
Gothic church which was archaeo logical finds from Efisio Pischedda. Among the
completely destroyed in the Tharros, an art gallery and a most notable objects in the
early 19th century. The façade section given over to medieval collection are a terracotta mask
has six columns with Ionic Oristano. The gallery has used to ward off evil spirits,
capitals. In the interior is one of interesting altarpieces in scarabs made out of green
the most interesting statues in Catalan style: the San Martino jasper, and carved gemstones
Sardinia: a crucifix executed by retablo (15th century) attributed from the Roman period.

Oristano
1 Cattedrale VIA VERDI V IA FIGO LI V I A F I GO LI
2 Torre di Mariano II
3 Corso Umberto VIA TIRSO V IA MAR I A N O I V VI A D EL RICOVERO
4 Piazza Eleonora PIAZZA Torre di
ROMA
Mariano II
5 San Francesco Casa di VIA GARIBALDI
V IA M AZ ZI N I
6 Santa Chiara V IA C O N T I N I VIA DE CASTRO Eleonora MARIANO
PIAZZA
7 Antiquarium Arborense CORSO UMBERTO V I A PARPAGLIA V. S. CHIARA Santa Chiara
Palazzo
V I A L A MARMOR A
Comunale Antiquarium
Arborense
VIA SANT’ANTONIO
PIAZZA VIA VINEA
San ELEONORA PIAZZA REGUM
Francesco MARTINI V IA A Z U NI VIA A N G IO Y
V. CIUTADELLA DI
MENORCA
V I A FR A N CE S C O C RI S P I V. MARTIGNANO VI A S OL F E RI NO
V I A C A G L I A R I
Cattedrale VIA DEL C A RMINE VIA ALAGON
VIA DUOMO
Autostazione VIA A N G I O Y
0 metres 300
VI A CAG L IAR I
0 yards 300
PIAZZA Stazione Trenitalia
MANNU V I A S O L F E R I N O 800m (880 yards)
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