The church of San Pantaleo is a religious building located in Sorso, town in north-western Sardinia. Consecrated to Catholic worship is the home of the parish and is part of the Archdiocese of Sassari.
Named after the patron saint of the village, it was built in 1836 by Antonio Cano from Sassari in the space where once stood the ancient parish church, which reused the materials. The facade was almost finished in June 1840 but the sudden death of the designer, three months later, caused a slowdown of work. The mandate to carry out the factory was entrusted to the architects Francesco Agnesa Sassari and Angelo Maria Piretto, but many interruptions and disputes characterized the hereafter. Although not yet completed, the building was opened for worship in 1856.
The church is inspired by neoclassical canons. It presents a central plan focuses on a wide hemispherical dome but with the transverse axis slightly shorter than longitudinal, further extended by deep presbytery apse. Four ellipsoidal domes covering the compartments at the corners of the building while in the presbytery compartment space is another hemispherical dome.
In addition to the spectacular game of the profiles of the domes and the bell tower, built only in 1899, the exterior is characterized sinuous of the apses and white facade, with two levels, punctuated by pilasters and crowned by a curved pediment. The niches accommodate the statues of the apostles, the same Cano, while in niches inside the building are placed stucco statues representing the apostles realized by Salvatore Demeglio and dated 1858.
Despite some inconsistencies due to the troubled construction events, the San Pantaleo is considered the greatest achievement of the architect Brother Sassari.