Cuglieri, Sacred Heart Regional Seminar

Cuglieri was chosen as the seat of the Seminary both because of its central position on the island and because of the presence of the basilica dedicated to Our Lady of the Snow, which is still very popular with many faithful.
The activity of the Cuglieri Seminary, which also housed the Pontifical Theological Faculty, developed until 1971, when the Jesuits renounced its management and the institution was transferred to Cagliari. The building now belongs to the Autonomous Region of Sardinia and some rooms are currently occupied by the offices of the Mountain Community of Montiferru.
Designed in 1925 by the engineer Giuseppe Momo (author of the Regional Seminars of Assisi, Fano and Molfetta), the building was inaugurated in 1927 and is spread over three floors in four quadrangled bodies, on a central arcaded courtyard, to which the chapel on the O side stands out. The bell tower of the Seminary stands out from the compact mass of the building by its particular cusp
crowning with five spires. The entire series of buildings has neo-Romanesque forms, referring to the numerous medieval architecture of Sardinia, even in the interiors. These include large and very bright classrooms, a large library, a physics cabinet, an earthy chemistry laboratory, the Aula Magna with a coffered ceiling, and the chapel. The latter has two-color walls, with exposed beams, and is decorated with geometric patterns by the painter Isidoro Delogu.
The wall structures are entirely made of andesite and basalt, treated with ashlar.

History of studies
A review of studies can be found in the bibliography relating to the fact sheet in the volume of the “History of Art in Sardinia” on nineteenth-century architecture (2001).

Bibliography
At the solemn inauguration of the Major Seminary of the Holy Heart of Jesus. Cuglieri, October 2, 1927, Piacenza, 1927;
“L'Eco del Regionale”, IV, n. 9-10, September-October 1952, special issue (on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the inauguration);
Montiferru, Cagliari, 1993, pp. 156-159; F. Masala, Architecture from the Unification of Italy to the end of the 20th century.
Nuoro, Ilisso, 2001, sheet 77.