Orani, Church of Nostra Signora D'Itria. Facade
Orani, Church of Nostra Signora D'Itria. Facade - CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Cristiano Cani - flickr.com - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cristianocani/5558186969/in/photostream/

Orani
Church of Nostra Signora D'Itria

The seventeenth-century church of Sa Itria in Orani is Catalan-Gothic in style, with a nave, trachyte ogival arches and a ceiling frescoed with musician angels.

Orani, Nostra Signora d'Itria. Altar
Orani, Nostra Signora d'Itria. Altar - © Beni Culturali Standard (BCS) - https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/ArchitecturalOrLandscapeHeritage/2000195159

The central niche hosts a wooden statue of the Virgin of Itria with the Christ Child.

The facade was decorated by Costantino Nivola using the graffito technique in 1958, transforming the simple facade into a stage for his imaginative figures. 
It is the only public graffito work by Nivola in Europe.

Veneration of the Madonna de sa Itria culminates in Orani on the last Sunday of August, with religious celebrations and a town festival.
The cult is also celebrated in Gavoi (at the end of July), with a novena during which the faithful stay in the sanctuary’s cumbessias and the palio de sa Itria, one of Sardinia’s most exciting and famous traditional horse races.

Contact

Address:
Piazza Itria, 08026 Orani NU, Italia