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Figure 18.12 Alghero. Church of San Francesco.
Photo: R. Martorelli.
elements such as a quadrangular facade with a portal and Gothic rose window,
as well as an apse with angular buttresses.
Into the second category, characterized by the gradual interpolation of
Renaissance motifs into the traditional Catalan Gothic repertoire, falls a se-
ries of central Sardinian buildings that revolve around the dominant figure of
Manuel Puig. Puig was responsible for the parish church of San Pantaleo in
Macomer (1573–1635), whose tall bell tower may have served as the model for
others in the region, particularly that of the old parish church of Sant’Andrea
in Orani. Puig (a native of Cagliari, but of Catalan origin, to judge by his name)
was likewise behind the project for the church of San Bachisio in Bolotana,
completed by 1597. Between 1579 and 1609, the Jesuits’ construction of the