A parish church of the medieval villa of Stiaorro, St. James has an arched portico from which one enters the church, to which two small aisles were later added, only one of which is preserved in its entirety.
The ancient facade, redone in the early 1600s and remodeled in recent times, has a small octagonal window and a bell gable. Inside is an ancient stoup with a barely legible inscription. The church finds assonances with other examples of minor Sardinian religious architecture from the 11th and 12th centuries. On the third Sunday in May the feast of St. James is celebrated with a traditional procession on foot from the town of Siliqua accompanying the simulacra of St. James and St. Barbara. An ancient prayer reminds us that they were invoked against storms.
Nearby, in the locality of su Conventu, are remains of Roman baths and traces of a monastic building, which some scholars believe was built by monks of St. Victor of Marseilles.
The ancient facade, redone in the early 1600s and remodeled in recent times, has a small octagonal window and a bell gable. Inside is an ancient stoup with a barely legible inscription. The church finds assonances with other examples of minor Sardinian religious architecture from the 11th and 12th centuries. On the third Sunday in May the feast of St. James is celebrated with a traditional procession on foot from the town of Siliqua accompanying the simulacra of St. James and St. Barbara. An ancient prayer reminds us that they were invoked against storms.
Nearby, in the locality of su Conventu, are remains of Roman baths and traces of a monastic building, which some scholars believe was built by monks of St. Victor of Marseilles.
