ITERR-COST (Itineraries and Romanesque Network in Corsica Sardinia and Tuscany) is a cooperation project involving 25 Municipalities belonging to the Association of Romanesque in Sardinia, the Province of Pisa, the Province of Lucca and the Collectivité Territoriale Corse with the Direction du Patrimoine.
Responsible of the project is the Municipality of Santa Giusta, wich makes avail of the scientific collaboration of the Department of Archaeological and Art History Sciences of the University of Cagliari. The itineraries ideally connect Romanesque sites in Corsica, in the provinces of Pisa and Lucca and of Sardinia, to create a single one for culture, environment and landscape, as a new tourist offer for the area.
The Romanesque in the Province of Pisa
Between the 11th and the 12th century, the Pisan bishop created a wide network of pievi and castles. The construction and decorative features of these edificies confirm the key role performed by the construction and the workers of Pisan cathedral, built starting from 1064, which became a model to be reproposed in the whole territory. In order to valorise a few among many Pisan Romanesque religius buildings, within the ITERR-COST project, the Province of Pisa has selected two itineraries, the first throughout the Monti Pisani and the other one between Valdera and Val di Cecina.
MONTE PISANO
1. Santa Maria e San Giovanni a Pugnano (S. Giuliano Terme)
Escursione: Tra Pievi e Castelli
2. San Marco a Rigoli (S. Giuliano Terme)
3. S. Maria a Mirteto (S. Giuliano Terme)
4. Pieve dei SS. Ermolao e Giovanni (Calci)
5. Santa Giulia a Caprona (Vicopisano)
6. Convento di S. Agostino a Nicosia (Calci)
7. San Martino al bagno a Uliveto Terme (Vicopisano)
8. Santa Maria (Vicopisano)
9. Sant’Jacopo in Lupeta (Vicopisano)
VALDERA – VALDICECINA
10. San Martino (Palaia)
11. San Verano (Peccioli)
12. Badia di San Bartolomeo a Morrona (Terricciola)
13. San Biagio (Montecatini Val di Cecina)
14. Badia dei Santi Salvatore, Giusto e Clemente (Volterra)
15. Santa Maria (Volterra)
16. Battistero di San Giovanni Battista (Volterra)
The Romanesque in the Province of Lucca
Between the 11th and the 12th century, the region of Lucca was pervaded by an intense building fervour: a number of churches were built or founded ex novo. All of them were marked by a sober classicism, expressed by the adoption of a basilical plan, fixed proportions, refined wall facings and a limited, if present at all, sculptural decoration. Such features are clearly evident in the churches presented in the project itineraries: those of Brancoleria, a small valley set along the road once leading to the Po valley, and those sited along the coastal strip of Versilia.
ITINERARIO BRANCOLERIA
1. San Giorgio a Pieve di Brancoli (Lucca)
2. San Lorenzo in Corte di Brancoli a San Lorenzo di Brancoli (Lucca)
ITINERARIO VERSILIA
3. San Pantaleone a Pieve a Elici (Massarosa)
4. S. Giovanni Battista e S. Stefano a Pieve di Camaiore (Camaiore)
5. Badia San Pietro a Camaiore (Camaiore)
6. San Giovanni e Santa Felicita a Valdicastello (Pietrasanta)
7. Santo Stefano a Vallecchia (Pietrasanta)
8. Santa Maria Assunta a Stazzema (Stazzema)
9. San Martino a La Cappella (Seravezza)
The Romanesque in Corsica
The Romanesque heritage of Corsica is represented by more than two hundred churches, whose architectural features reveal an evident Pisan influece. The majority of them were built between the 11th and the 12th century, in conjunction with the reorganization of the Church administration and the new ecclesiastical reform.
1. Chapelle San Quiliccu de Cambia (Cambia)
2. Église Saint-Michel de Murato (Murato)
3. Église de la Sainte Trinité (Aregno)
4. Chapelle Notre Dame des Neiges (Brando)
5. Église Sainte-Marie, ancienne Cathédrale du Nebbiu (Saint Florent)
6. Église de la Canonica (Lucciana)
7. Chapelle Saint Pierre-Saint Paul (Lumio)
8. Chapelle Saint-Jean Baptiste (Carbini)
The Romanesque in Sardinia
Between th 11th and the 14th century, cathedral churches were systematically built in Sardinia, along with abbeys, parish and monastic churches, generating in time the heritage that still characterizes the Island territory. Builders mainly chose longitudinal plan types for their churches, either single-naved or aisled, with a semicircular apse facing eastwards. Similarly, roofings as well may vary: from a simple wooden cover to a stone roofing, or a mixed cover.
SARDEGNA NORD-OCCIDENTALE
1. Santa Maria del Regno (Ardara)
2. San Pietro di Sorres (Borutta)
3. Santa Maria di Contra (Cargeghe)
4. Santissima Trinità di Saccargia (Codrongianos)
5. San Gavino (Porto Torres)
6. Santa Croce (Usini)
SARDEGNA NORD-ORIENTALE
7. San Pietro del Crocifisso (Bulzi)
8. San Pietro (Galtellì)
9. San Simplicio (Olbia)
10. Nostra Signora di Castro (Oschiri)
11. Sant’Antioco di Bisarcio (Ozieri)
SARDEGNA CENTRALE
12. Santa Maria di Bonacattu (Bonarcado)
13. San Lussorio (Fordongianus)
14. San Palmerio (Ghilarza)
15. Santa Maria della Mercede (Norbello)
16. San Giovanni Battista (Orotelli)
17. San Nicola (Ottana)
ORISTANESE
18. San Leonardo (Masullas)
19. San Paolo (Milis)
20. Santa Sofia (San Vero Milis)
21. Santa Giusta (Santa Giusta)
22. Santa Reparata (Usellus)
SARDEGNA MERIDIONALE
23. San Pantaleo (Dolianova)
24. Santa Maria (Tratalias)
25. San Pietro (Villamar)
