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The power of Tuscan Romanesque churches assured their adoption beyond the boundaries of the region, Both Pisan traders and Camaldolese and Vallombrosian missionaries transported the rich classicising elevations and polychrome interiors on the Tyrrhenian sea as far as Sardinia.
Nostra Signora di Tergu is a parish church in Tergu, near Castelsardo, Sardinia. One of the most outstanding examples of Romanesque architecture in the island, the church and the remains of the annexed abbey are located in a countryside area outside the village.
The abbey church was constructed in two phases, with an early church begun in the early twelfth century, and then the remarkable façade added a century later, using the rich local stone mixed with marble to achieve its rich bichrome effects.
The photo shows the west façade of the church.
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