The Santa Maria Cathedral - Tratalias


The Cathedral was built in 1213 under the express orders of Bishop Mariano Sardo and became the Bishop's See of Sulci (S.Antioco).

The church was built in Romenesque-Pisan style, but the is also evidence of Gothic influence in the height of the central nave and in the double lancet window of the apse front. Inside the church there are two wall epigraphs, a cantilevered staircase, the corbel for the sarcophagus and a splendid triptych, built in 1596 by an unknown artist.

Outside visitors can admire the different colourings of the ashlars of the north side aisle, the main facade with its magnificent rose window and the final part of the aforementioned cantilevered staircase.
Another exquisite detail is the architrave of the north aisle with lions in low relief.