Campanile di Mores, Neoclassical bell tower in Mores, Italy
The Campanile di Mores is a bell tower from the 19th century standing beside the Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria in a Sardinian village. It features a slender structure built with pale local stone and decorated with classical details characteristic of its architectural period.
An architect designed this tower in the 1870s following neoclassical principles of the time. It was built using stone quarried locally to create a lasting landmark for the village.
Five statues stand on the tower: the four Doctors of the Western Church — Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome and Gregory I — and the Redeemer. The Piedmontese artist Giacomo Galeazzo modelled them in raw earth. The architect Salvatore Calvia Unali, who died in Alghero in 1909, is buried in the church beside the tower.
The tower stands in the village center next to the church, easily accessible to visitors on foot. The site allows clear views of the structure and its decorative elements from all angles.
This tower uses a rare local stone with a pinkish-red tone, setting it apart from other buildings in the region. The material quarried nearby gives the structure its distinctive appearance.
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