Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Carmine, Romanesque Revival church in Cagliari, Italy.
Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Carmine is a parish church on viale Trieste in lower Stampace, Cagliari, built in the 1950s in neo-Romanesque style. Its steep gabled facade has a lower section with two-tone banding, a recessed portal topped by a statue of the Virgin, and an oculus; above are ten single-lancet windows. A tall square bell tower rises beside it, capped by a pyramid with a bronze Madonna by Franco d'Aspro. The interior has three naves divided by pillars and round arches, with wooden roofs.
The structure was built in the 1950s, replacing a 16th-century Gothic edifice destroyed during the 1943 bombing campaigns. Its construction was part of the city's post-war reconstruction efforts.
The mosaics on the walls and apse were made by Aligi Sassu in 1966. The apse shows the prophet Elijah between two angels, Hell and Purgatory, with portraits of popes who supported the Carmelite order along its base, and the Virgin giving the scapular to Saint Simon Stock in the conch. Above the apse arch is the Glory of Christ with Carmelite saints; the side aisles hold mosaics of the Addolorata, Pius XII and Paul VI.
The building is open to visitors during regular hours and hosts daily worship services. Check opening times in advance, as schedules may vary seasonally or for special events.
The 1943 bombs spared nothing of the old church, yet stone fragments of its Ripoll chapel were recovered and are kept in the 1950s replacement, where visitors can still see them.
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