Cloister of San Francesco 

Via Crispi, 14th century

Saint Francis church and cloister are among the most interesting and precious testimonies bequeathed by the Conventual Franciscans (Minorites) in Sardinia. The structure of the cloister, concealed by twentieth-century constructions, emerged during some works performed in the part leaning against the ancient Pisan walls and against a tower, where in the 1940s an anti-aircraft shelter was built. Originally, the complex comprised four arms arranged orthogonally around a green space, inside which a well was situated. They developed height-wise over two levels, the lower one in arcade form, built close to the walls. Today, unfortunately, only the boundary walls and part of the colonnade lying next to the tower survive. The cloister is used as the office of the Iglesias Pro-Loco.

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