Along the road for Macomer, to around 6 kms. from Santulussurgiu,si it finds the thermal place of St. Leonardo of Siete Fuentes, denominated so for his/her Seven Fountains.And' a place of vacation for the one

whom loves above all, the peace, and he/she wants to reassure body and spirit, airof the mountains breathing. The fraction rises inside a wood of lecci and oaks. The waters that gush out from the sources have proprietorship diuretiche because deprived leggere e of cinders. The fraction is found to 700 ms. of altitude.The forest is crossed by the water that gushing out from the sources, form a small lake.Here you/he/she was built in the XII century the church of St. Leonardo, in style Romanesque-pisano, in origin it belonged to the monastery and the hospital of the monks Gerosolimitani, subsequently in the XIII century had widened and modified. Of the original plant the inferior party of the report, the left party of the external wall and the square apse are stored. The monument is realized in red trachite.The façade is decorated with hanging bows, it is separated in two parties and it has two portals embellished with sculptures, on its right a beautiful bell tower is set to sail decorated with sculptures.In the left broadside a beautiful window can be seen. The inside is to unique aisle with trusses masking, the decorations the inside arcs and the apse are in Gothic forms. The lowest flooring in comparison to the level of the before square is in stone trachitica; the most greater altar is constituted by a monolithic plate.On a side altar a niche contains the wooden statue of St. Leonardo. To shelter in the Church two convents had been built for the monks and the nuns, busy in the management of the hospital and in the care of the patients.

For wish of the Priorate in Pisa the construction of the hospital and the wide land possessiones were submitted to the hospital "Ordine of S. Giovanni of Jerusalem (ramification of the order of the Riders of Malta) that they developed the activity of assistance and ecclesiastical activity. The presence of the Gerosolimitanis extends him

up to 1500.Fino to this period the center it was well, because the monks viveano of the fruits and the annuities of the earth, the decline started with the feoffment of the Montiferru.The monks slowly came private of their house and forced to the hospital to close, this determined the exodus of the inhabitants that you/they transferred him for the most greater party to Santu Lussurgiu. During the period of the Piemontese government, the grounds passed to Santu Lussurgiu. The first Sunday of June to S. Leonardo the Regional Fair of the Horse is held. And' an appointment by now flat in the calendar of the breeders of horses. To purchase, to sell or only to see and to feel its prices, but also to spend a day with friends and acquaintances. The fair is the most important of the whole island, horses of all the races you/they can be found. Also developing himself/herself/itself in concomitance with the religious party in honor of the Saint that from the name in the village, the fair is an event to itself. Every year picks up a wide interest from the breeders of horses, but it is also an attornment and an exploitation of the historical village and its waters. The ancient houses are been restructured and a lot of of these welcome in the summer tourists looking for calm.

 

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