The church of St. James is of 13th-century foundation, as attested by the plaque commemorating work promoted in 1269 by Pievano D. Pietro Fata, now on display at the National Archaeological Museum “G. A. Sanna” in Sassari. Since 1568 it has been the seat of the Confraternity of Oration and Death, which was made up of Knights and devoted itself to caring for the sick and works of mercy such as burying the dead. The church, externally buttressed and with a simple facade, is internally a single hall covered with a barrel vault. The latter, built in the very early seventeenth century, together with most of the body of the building, represented at the time a model of construction that, despite the collapse and prompt reconstruction of the vault, was applied in later realizations of churches in the city. On the side walls of the hall can be seen the first two 18th-century altars dedicated to St. Maurice and the Holy Cross, the latter coming from the destroyed Church of St. Elizabeth, while later, around 1780, the two baroque-style altars in rocaille style, a rare example of this type in the city, were made by Piedmontese stucco workers. Externally, to the side of the facade is the so-called ” Rector’s House,” a building with a classicist architectural front.
