The area of the former cathedral of Saint Pantaleon has numerous archaeological remains ranging from the protohistoric to the early Christian period. In the church site, there are a baptismal font dating to the 5th-6th century and a pillar dated from the second half of the 10^th century, showing the attendance of the Christian well before the construction of the church. The studies conducted on the monument showed the presence of an old church of the Early Middle Ages, that was a Cathedral when the diocese was established in Dòlia in 1089. In 1503 the Diocese of Dòlia (the ancient name of Dòlianòva) was suppressed and merged into the Archdiocese of Càgliari. It is now a co-Cathedral.

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The St. Mary’s of Monserràto church (Santa Maria di Monserràto in Italian), dates from the second half of the 12^th century, probably built by master builders from Tuscany and it is located in the surrounding of the sprawling farm town of Uta.

During the 19^th century, the building was included to the new municipal cemetery, of which this church became a chapel.

Until 1800 there were the ruins of the monastery, with a now destroyed cloister and a still existing well, with miraculous waters.

The excavations carried out inside the building led to the discovery of an older church, smaller than the current one.

The St. Mary’s of Sibiòla church (Santa Maria di Sibiòla in Italian) is situated in a rural site a few kilometers far from Serdiàna, in the site of a now disappeared village called Sibiòla.

It is one of the masterpieces of Romanesque art built in Sardinia by the Benedictine monks of St. Vittorio ‘s abbey of Marsiglia, between the end of the XI and the first years of the XII century.

There is no trace of the ancient medieval village, so today the church is isolated and surrounded by modern porch enclosure used during the country feasts.

The Romanesque St. Peter’schurch (San Pietro in Italian) was probably built in the 13^th century and it is situated in the centre of the village of Villa San Pietro, (that takes its name from this old church), at the foot of Mount Punta Sa Crèsia, along the SS 195.

During the Middle Ages, the settlement of Villa San Pietro was annexed to the Giudicàto of Càgliari, one of the four Sardinian independent and indigenous kingdoms (literally: judgeships or judicatures) with the name of “San Pietro” and became part of the administrative district of Nòra.