Codrongianos - Basilica di Saccargia

The "Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia" is probably the most important and renowned Romanesque church in the island of Sardinia.

The construction was commissioned by the "giudice" of Torres, a powerful judge. The church was completed and got consecrated in 1116. It was built over the ruins of a pre-existing monastery.

An abbey was founded by Camaldolese monks. The order had been founded about 100 years earlier by Saint Romuald in Camaldoli (Tuscany).

Legends tell, that the name "Saccargia" is connected to "sa acca argia", what means "speckled cow", as a cow was found here praying on its knees.

The church was abandoned in the 16th century. It was restored and reopened in the 20th century.