San Pietro di Sorres

San Pietro di Sorres is a Benedictine monastery above the village Borutta at Thiesi in the province of Sassari in Sardinia. The monastery and its church in the late Pisan Romanesque style are widely visible on a hilltop in the hills of Meilogu.

The white limestone walls of a fragmentary remaining nave of the 11th century increased the builders 100 years later shows black and white fields in typical Tuscan style of basalt and limestone. The Moorish contribution to the architecture of the time becomes tangible in the two colors in the incrustations and horseshoe arches of the twin window. The similarity of the two-color presentation with Arab-influenced churches in Burgundy ( such as the Cathedral Ste -Marie- Madeleine de Vezelay ) is tangible, but for influence by members present in Sardinia Burgundians there are no signs. The exterior walls were apart from the facade smooth and required the monochrome white finishing up to a uniform height. The interplay of Kalkquadern and black trachyte is therefore only above.

The input side on the west facade is divided into arcades bands whose arc fields contain slices and diamonds. The east facade is dominated by the built in the second phase apse. Pisan is the antique-style apse eaves, return their design elements on the front. Another unusual feature is the arched frieze that lined the walls of the side aisles and the apse. Comparing the front page of San Pietro with the contemporary Tuscan churches, fall on the shed roofs of the aisles. This contour has an old tradition in Sardinia. The building history is somewhat reminiscent of that of San Pietro di Simbranos.

It is unclear what has prompted to move in interior design for the vault. Perhaps the architect of the vaults of San Nicola di Silanos at Sedini was impressed that is exemplary. Facilities include a Gothic pulpit, a Romanesque altar, a Cistercian sarcophagus from the 11th century and a once provided with butene inlaid choir screen.