Busachi

The fairly well-preserved historic centre is of great interest and is divided into three quarters. 'Busache 'e Susu' lies around the parish church and as legend tells, sprang up when a shepherd from Oliena, a certain Pietro Busu (from whom the place takes its name), decided to take up residence in the area known as S?Olianesa. The church is dedicated to Sant'Antonio from Padua and at the beginning of the seventeenth century replaced the existing church of San Pietro, which was to be found in the area where the cemetery stands today. It is a marvellous pink trachyte building in Gothic-Aragonese style, with a somewhat plain faade, decorated with finely-sculpted exposed ashlars. The inside is divided into a nave and two aisles, with pointed arches in exposed stone in the central nave. On the outside alongside the faade, stands a soaring bell tower, ( one of the highest in Sardinia), sub-divided into three orders and crowned by a majolica tiled dome. Higher up in the area, which not by chance is known as Cuvventu, rises the sixteenth century Church of San Domenico, with a simple facade and central rose window. It was built in 1571 and fell into decay after Archbishop Bua from Oristano suppressed religious functions in 1835. Today after extensive renovation, it houses the 'Traditional Costumes and Linen-working Museum'. In fact in the past, the linen produced in Busachi was considered the best on the Island for the lands in which it was grown. On the contrary, the traditional costume is still regularly worn today by many of the Busachi women and it is not unusual to be able to admire its bright colours as you take a walk around the village. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the artist Filippo Figari stayed in Busachi right in the Church of San Domenico, where he painted the canvas of the 'Matrimonio Busachese' ( Wedding in Busachi) which today is proudly on show in the Registry Office of Cagliari?s Town Hall. The Dominican monastery stands alongside the church and was built at the same time, giving its name to the whole area. Another monastery is the one which today is known as Collegiu, erected in 1577 for the Company of Jesus, on behalf of the Count of Sedilo and Marquis of Busachi, Don Girolamo Torresani,. It was dedicated to 'Santa Maria delle Grazie' just like the adjacent church, but was then abandoned in 1834. Today after careful restoration, it houses the most important cultural events of the village. The monks? cells, the refectory, the roomy storeroom dug into a mountain rock, the pillared cloister are precious evidence of life in Busachi in the past centuries, when whoever made a donation to the Company was able to have if they so desired, free lessons in "grammatica", that is, the humanistic disciplines. The structure is still known as 'Collegiu'. Unfortunately only a few remains of the presbytery are left, but they clearly indicate the majesty of the original building. In the 'Busache 'e josso' area, the Church of San Bernardino is still open for worship and is thought to have been built when the inhabitants of the old country seat of Camputzei moved to this area and wanted to maintain a sort of religious independence. The date of consecration is not certain but it is commonly attributed to the XVI century. The church has a Latin cross floor plan with vaulted ceilings surmounted by a hexagonal dome. The faade is divided into two orders by a horizontal cornice and ends with a curved gable; alongside the facade there is a small bell gable. In 'Campu Majore', behind the inhabited part, we find an important 'domus de janas' necropolis dug into a trachyte ridge. Here we find 24 horizontally-projected tombs with a quite well-constructed floor-plan, (in fact tomb IV is made up of seven cells). There are frequent traces of red ochre on the walls. But there are many other necropolises attributed to the same Neolithic phase ( or later phases) dotted over the Busachi territory. We should recall the ones at 'Maniere', at 'Cronta', at 'Su Cantaru', at Grugos (which has a unique taurine head in natural style on a wall, so different to the paintings present in most of the other tombs from this period) and the many others. Many of the nuraghi which can be visited in the area are in good condition; the 'Santa Marra' Nuraghe, the 'Tadone', the 'Pranu' Nuraghe and the Nuraghe of 'Su Liggiu' and many others, together with the numerous remains of Nuraghic settlement like the 'giants? tombs' ( for example, in the 'Su Liggiu' area ) and the well temples ('Sa' Murasa'). 6 km away from Busachi in the Santa Susanna area we find the little Gothic- style church with the same name, consecrated in 1349, and the parish church of the village of Moddamene which no longer exists. It appears that it rises on the ruins of a pagan temple belonging to a 'mansio' installed here by the Roman troops in the Imperial Age. Later they brought the cult of this saint here, together with that of Santa Barbara and San Biagio, to whom the church was originally dedicated. It has a single nave with a wooden trussed ceiling and a barrel-vaulted presbytery; inside it preserves a fine holy water stoup in grey trachyte, coming from the Byzantine Church of San Gabriele which once rose not far from here. The walls and the ceiling of the presbytery are decorated in tempera and reproduce a number of quite colourful scenes from the life of Santa Susanna. The side portal on the outside of the church was built at the same time as the original building, while the little side porch was added later in 1700. Many of its traditions are still alive today. For example, the traditional wine and food which stand out for the genuineness of the products which are used and offer such heavenly flavours. Busachi?s best-known dish is undoubtedly "su succu", a meat broth flavoured with fresh slightly acid sheep?s milk cheese and saffron and in which the so-called ' capelli d'angelo' are cooked, known here as 'succu'. Src: http://www.sardegnaturismo.it/offerta/cultura/cittaepaesi/paesi/busachi.html

Busachi

The fairly well-preserved historic centre is of great interest and is divided into three quarters. 'Busache 'e Susu' lies around the parish church and as legend tells, sprang up when a shepherd from Oliena, a certain Pietro Busu (from whom the place takes its name), decided to take up residence in the area known as S?Olianesa. The church is dedicated to Sant'Antonio from Padua and at the beginning of the seventeenth century replaced the existing church of San Pietro, which was to be found in the area where the cemetery stands today. It is a marvellous pink trachyte building in Gothic-Aragonese style, with a somewhat plain faade, decorated with finely-sculpted exposed ashlars. The inside is divided into a nave and two aisles, with pointed arches in exposed stone in the central nave. On the outside alongside the faade, stands a soaring bell tower, ( one of the highest in Sardinia), sub-divided into three orders and crowned by a majolica tiled dome. Higher up in the area, which not by chance is known as Cuvventu, rises the sixteenth century Church of San Domenico, with a simple facade and central rose window. It was built in 1571 and fell into decay after Archbishop Bua from Oristano suppressed religious functions in 1835. Today after extensive renovation, it houses the 'Traditional Costumes and Linen-working Museum'. In fact in the past, the linen produced in Busachi was considered the best on the Island for the lands in which it was grown. On the contrary, the traditional costume is still regularly worn today by many of the Busachi women and it is not unusual to be able to admire its bright colours as you take a walk around the village. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the artist Filippo Figari stayed in Busachi right in the Church of San Domenico, where he painted the canvas of the 'Matrimonio Busachese' ( Wedding in Busachi) which today is proudly on show in the Registry Office of Cagliari?s Town Hall. The Dominican monastery stands alongside the church and was built at the same time, giving its name to the whole area. Another monastery is the one which today is known as Collegiu, erected in 1577 for the Company of Jesus, on behalf of the Count of Sedilo and Marquis of Busachi, Don Girolamo Torresani,. It was dedicated to 'Santa Maria delle Grazie' just like the adjacent church, but was then abandoned in 1834. Today after careful restoration, it houses the most important cultural events of the village. The monks? cells, the refectory, the roomy storeroom dug into a mountain rock, the pillared cloister are precious evidence of life in Busachi in the past centuries, when whoever made a donation to the Company was able to have if they so desired, free lessons in "grammatica", that is, the humanistic disciplines. The structure is still known as 'Collegiu'. Unfortunately only a few remains of the presbytery are left, but they clearly indicate the majesty of the original building. In the 'Busache 'e josso' area, the Church of San Bernardino is still open for worship and is thought to have been built when the inhabitants of the old country seat of Camputzei moved to this area and wanted to maintain a sort of religious independence. The date of consecration is not certain but it is commonly attributed to the XVI century. The church has a Latin cross floor plan with vaulted ceilings surmounted by a hexagonal dome. The faade is divided into two orders by a horizontal cornice and ends with a curved gable; alongside the facade there is a small bell gable. In 'Campu Majore', behind the inhabited part, we find an important 'domus de janas' necropolis dug into a trachyte ridge. Here we find 24 horizontally-projected tombs with a quite well-constructed floor-plan, (in fact tomb IV is made up of seven cells). There are frequent traces of red ochre on the walls. But there are many other necropolises attributed to the same Neolithic phase ( or later phases) dotted over the Busachi territory. We should recall the ones at 'Maniere', at 'Cronta', at 'Su Cantaru', at Grugos (which has a unique taurine head in natural style on a wall, so different to the paintings present in most of the other tombs from this period) and the many others. Many of the nuraghi which can be visited in the area are in good condition; the 'Santa Marra' Nuraghe, the 'Tadone', the 'Pranu' Nuraghe and the Nuraghe of 'Su Liggiu' and many others, together with the numerous remains of Nuraghic settlement like the 'giants? tombs' ( for example, in the 'Su Liggiu' area ) and the well temples ('Sa' Murasa'). 6 km away from Busachi in the Santa Susanna area we find the little Gothic- style church with the same name, consecrated in 1349, and the parish church of the village of Moddamene which no longer exists. It appears that it rises on the ruins of a pagan temple belonging to a 'mansio' installed here by the Roman troops in the Imperial Age. Later they brought the cult of this saint here, together with that of Santa Barbara and San Biagio, to whom the church was originally dedicated. It has a single nave with a wooden trussed ceiling and a barrel-vaulted presbytery; inside it preserves a fine holy water stoup in grey trachyte, coming from the Byzantine Church of San Gabriele which once rose not far from here. The walls and the ceiling of the presbytery are decorated in tempera and reproduce a number of quite colourful scenes from the life of Santa Susanna. The side portal on the outside of the church was built at the same time as the original building, while the little side porch was added later in 1700. Many of its traditions are still alive today. For example, the traditional wine and food which stand out for the genuineness of the products which are used and offer such heavenly flavours. Busachi?s best-known dish is undoubtedly "su succu", a meat broth flavoured with fresh slightly acid sheep?s milk cheese and saffron and in which the so-called ' capelli d'angelo' are cooked, known here as 'succu'. Src: http://www.sardegnaturismo.it/offerta/cultura/cittaepaesi/paesi/busachi.html

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