A journey into the history, traditions and culture of the country . So today and tomorrow until 8 pm in San Gavino Monreale the event Monumenti Aperti will take place and there will be 14 sites to visit told as always by school children and volunteers from the Campidanese centre.
You can visit the Church of San Gavino Martire (via San Gavino; visits organized by the Maconi-Lussu High School), built by Pisan craftsmen in 1347 at the beginning of the Giudicato of Mariano IV of Arborea (1347-1375), who used to stay in the nearby castle of Monreale. The Church is called the “Pantheon of the Arboreans” because, following the studies of the historian Francesco Cesare Casula, it appears to be the only religious building that presents the effigies portraying the rulers of the Giudicato of Arborea.
The Nuccio Delunas Football Museum reopens to the public, pending future management (via Convento; visits by Monreale Calcio 1936), which was created to preserve and enhance the sporting memory of San Gavino Monreale and its protagonists. Inside, there is a rich collection of photographs, shirts, trophies, memorabilia and documents that tell the story of decades of football passion, from amateur activity to the great feats of local teams. An exciting journey that pays homage to Nuccio Delunas, a historic figure in San Gavino Monreale sport: the memorabilia was donated by his son Corrado, a great sportsman and author of beautiful books such as those dedicated to the history of Cagliari football, the history of San Gavino football and other sports clubs.
Don't miss the Due Fonderie Museum (via Montevecchio; visits by the Sa Moba Sarda association) which owes its name to the history of the ancient Villacidro foundry and the modern San Gavino foundry. It is located inside the former railway warehouses, once a hub for the raw material that was transported from the Montevecchio mine for processing in the San Gavino foundry.
Also very evocative is the Casa museo Dona Máxima (via Amsicora 21; visits organised by the Sa Moba Sarda association), built by the Spanish feudal lords of Quirra, a typical 16th-century manor house which owes its name to Donna Massima Orrù, the last owner belonging to the noble Orrù family, who purchased the property from the Quirra family in the early 19th century.
In the Civis gallery in via Roma 102 it will be possible to visit the exhibition of the artist Sergio Putzu, in a unique experience of dialogue between contemporary art and public space
The C'ENTRO (via Santa Croce 11; visits by the Chine Vaganti association) is the operational headquarters of the Skizzo association, the beating heart of urban creativity and cultural promotion in San Gavino Monreale. Born as a multifunctional space, it hosts workshops, meetings, exhibitions, educational and artistic activities. On the occasion of Monumenti Aperti, the C'ENTRO hosts the exhibition FRAME by Giacomo Putzu, visual artist and active member of the association. The works on display, created with mixed media, reinterpret faces and icons of cinema in a pictorial key, transforming cult frames into paintings full of emotion.
Also not to be missed are the Faustino Onnis multimedia library, the church of Santa Chiara Vergine, the church of Santa Teresa del bambino Gesù (via Roma 255; visits organised by the Youth Council), the Historical Archive of the Municipality of San Gavino, the Mereu house which will host a collective art exhibition curated by Alessandra Sorcinelli, the Chiara Atzori House Museum in via Diaz, the municipal theatre and the foundry which will be open on Sundays from 9am onwards. This factory It was designed in 1930 following the establishment of the “Italian Lead Company”, and was built right here as the town had a railway station with which to transport the work to the port of Cagliari. It was inaugurated two years later, and for the time it was the largest in Europe.
Despite having gone through various periods of closure and reorganization, the Foundry is still active today, a testimony to the long industrial history of the area and its value for the community of San Gavino Monreale.
