The Church of San Francesco in Oristano stands next to the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and the Archbishop's Seminary. Inside is also the Convent of San Francesco, built in 1335 but completely remodeled and completed in the 19th century along with the church.
The Church of San Francesco in Oristano has a neoclassical façade, but originally (i.e. when the Franciscans arrived in Oristano in 1253) the church was Gothic in style.
The facade of the Church of San Francesco has three portals and consists of two pillars and four columns supporting the tympanum. A hemispherical dome with an octagonal lantern crowns the building.
The interior, with a central plan, has two chapels on each side. The coffered dome is supported by pillars and semi-columns with Ionic capitals.
The first chapel on the left houses the Christ of Nicodemus, a remarkable 14th-century wooden sculpture of the Spanish school, prototype of a series of crucifixes, including the wooden crucifix of Ollolai, preserved in various churches in Sardinia.
In the sacristy there are other valuable works, such as the panel (1533), once part of an altarpiece, depicting St. Francis receiving the stigmata, the work of Pietro Cavaro and the marble statue (1368) possibly representing St. Basil Magnificent, attributed to Nino Pisano [3].
Source: oristanoturismo.it