Santissimo Crocifisso, Religious shrine in Galtellì, Italy.

Santissimo Crocifisso is the parish church of Galtellì, a modest building with a facade framed by cornices and pilasters, buttresses on the south side and a square bell tower with battlements on the north. Inside, a single nave is divided into five bays by pointed arches under a wooden roof, with four chapels on the left; the presbytery is covered by a hemispherical dome with lantern and ends in a semicircular apse.

The present church replaced an earlier one dedicated to Santa Maria delle Torri, whose founding date is unknown. A new Aragonese Gothic church was probably built between the late 14th and early 15th century to hold the wooden crucifix and the pilgrims it drew; a bell in the tower bears the date 1401. In the 18th century the building was restored in Piedmontese Baroque style.

The church is named for the wooden crucifix, a life-size Pisan-school work from the late 14th or early 15th century. Legend says the crate carrying it stopped in front of the earlier church of Santa Maria delle Torri in 1394, and since then Galtellì and Sarule have been twinned, celebrating the Santissimo Crocifisso every 3 May.

The church is reachable by normal roads and located near Galtellì town center where parking is available. Visitors should expect a small, quietly situated chapel that is easy to reach on foot.

The 1401 date inscribed on a bell in the bell tower is cited as evidence that the sanctuary was erected in the 15th century. The bell also bears an invocation to the Crucifix.