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This square that rises above the heart of the historic town of Villacidro has hosted the town hall since 1874. Previously a church dedicated to Saint Annunziata and a convent resided here, entrusted to the Padri Mercedari (religious order) that joined Villacidro around 1650 and abided there until 1858. In 1862 the local government purchased the convent and completely restored it turning it into the Town Hall and also in part as a school block.
Present day the building still preserves traces of its original purpose, especially in its internal court which faces, besides the municipal offices, the terrain where there are still a few elementary school classrooms. During construction works for the square, a Roman-Imperial necropolis was discovered, testament of how the area, on which the town’s historic centre sits, once was. This area, even in by gone times, already hosted a human settlement of great importance.
The town hall square provides an impressive image of Villacidro’s historic centre and hosts a war memorial, the underlying theme of the novel Il Disertore, one of the most significant pieces of work written by Giuseppe Dessì from Villacidro.
Author’s words
"…Finally, the following spring, with the addition of a considerable contribution on part of the town council, the plastic figure model was transformed into marble. A real monument, that still stands in the Town Hall square even if some what blackened throughout the years, with the seventy names of those lost at Cuadu engraved on the arch in bronze letters." (Giuseppe Dessì - Il Disertore)
