1. 1. Historical Context
   1. - Jesuits established first educational institution in Sassari (1562)
   2. Church built 1579–1609 as part of Jesuit College
   3. Jesuits expelled (1767)
      1. church rededicated to Santa Caterina
2. 2. Architectural Significance
   1. ntroduction of late Renaissance style
   2. Transition from Aragonese Gothic
      1. Classicism
   3. First Counter-Reformation building in Sardinia
3. 3. Influences & Sources
   1. Ratio Studiorum
      1. cultural + educational impact
   2. Vitruvius (1567 edition, Barbaro translation)
   3. Palladio, Serlio, Vignola, Villalpando (Jesuit libraries)
4. 4. Design & Construction
   1. Plan modeled on Il Gesù in Rome (central nave + lateral chapels)
   2. Altered by Giovanni De Rosis (Jesuit authority in Rome)
   3. Architect:
      1. Giovanni Maria Bernardoni (Jesuit)
   4. Local builders
5. 7. Symbolism
   1. Counter-Reformation emphasis: clarity, order, didactic
   2. Focus on main altar
      1. Christ’s resurrection
6. 5. Structural Features
   1. Decorative motifs
      1. local reinterpretation of Vignola’s Regola delli cinque ordini
   2. Windows
      1. paired on dome drum + lateral + transept arches
         1. interior light
   3. Octagonal dome at crossing, rectangular apse
   4. Transept
      1. same depth as lateral chapels
7. 6. Façade
   1. Ornamentation: incised lines (Mudéjar, Plateresque, Herrerian influences)
   2. Upper body crowned by semi-circular pediment
   3. Central portal with Corinthian columns + triangular pediment
   4. Divided into
      1. 3 horizonta
      2. 2 vertical bodies