Ploaghe, Church of Sant'Antonio di Salvenero

The rural site, now affected by industrial plants, corresponds to the village of Salvénero, abandoned at the end of the 18th century. The church is located a short distance from the Benedictine Abbey of San Michele.
The church of Sant'Antonio di Salvenero lacks documentary evidence.
Based on the two-tone construction, with alternating rows of limestone and volcanic stone, the mononave system with an SE apse dates back to the first quarter of the 13th century.
A reconstruction, perhaps from the Aragonese age, modified the original portal and opened a rectangular window in the Romanesque façade, characterized by very simple shapes.
Two eighteenth-century structures are combined with the building, which prevent the view of the sides.

History of studies
The church is mentioned by Vittorio Angius (1847), but the first important studies are by Dionigi Scano (1907) and Raffaello Delogu (1953). The most up-to-date writings are by Renata Serra (1989) and Roberto Coroneo (1993).

Bibliography
V. Angius, entry “Ploaghe”, in Goffredo Casalis, Historical and Statistical Geographical Dictionary of the States by H.M. the King of Sardinia, XV, Turin, G. Maspero, 1847, p. 456;
D. Scano, History of Art in Sardinia from the 11th to the 14th Century, Cagliari-Sassari, Montorsi, 1907, p. 227; R. Delogu, The Architecture of the Middle Ages in Sardinia, Rome, The State Library, 1953, p. 163; M. Botteri, Guide to the Medieval Churches of Sardinia, Sassari, Montorsi, 1907, p. 227; R. Delogu, The Architecture of the Middle Ages in Sardinia, Rome, The State Library, 1953, p. 163; M. Botteri, Guide to the medieval churches of Sardinia, Sassari, Montorsi, 1907, p. 227; R. Delogu, The Architecture of the Middle Ages in Sardinia, Rome, The State Library, 1953, p. 163; M. Botteri, Guide to the medieval churches of Sardinia, Sassari, Montorsi, 1907, p. 227;
R. Delogu, The Architecture Sassari, Chiarella, 1978, p. 103;
R. Serra, Sardinia, series “Romanesque Italy”, Milan, Jaca Book, 1989, p. 569;
R. Coroneo, Romanesque architecture from the mid-thousand to the early 1300s. Nuoro, Ilisso, 1993, sheet 53;
R. Coroneo, Romanesque Churches of Sardinia. Cultural tourist itineraries, Cagliari, AV, 2005, p. 41.

How to get there
Take the SS 131 state road from Sassari in the S direction, and then turn after about 16 km in the direction of Florinas. After a few hundred meters you can see the church of Sant'Antonio Abate.