Ploaghe - San Michele di Salvenero

Upto the end of the 18th century a large village existed here, named Salvenero. This village had four churches in medieval times, I could still find two of them. Today the area around belongs to different villages and is covered by industrial zones and a large intersection.

A church existed in here 1138, when "beati Michaelis de Salvenero" was dependent on the Abbey of Vallombrosa (Tuscany). The Romanesque building of today was probably built within the 12th and 13th century. It got altered and enlarged later.

The outer walls of the three apses are covered with names. Most of them were obviously carved in to the sandstone in the early 20th century, but these ones may be centuries older. Soles as well as horseshoes were often carved in by pilgrims.