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| ⚫ | This fantastic modernist design is a contender for the most un-churchlike church in Rome. It was designed by Saverio Busiri Vici, and completed in 1971. The plan is irregular, although based on a rectangle, and there is no axis of symmetry. Some of the outside walls are battered (slope inwards), and some are vertical and that behind the altar has both a horizontal and a vertical curve, rather like part of a tortoise. Four enormous horizontal concrete flanges run around the church, giving it a pagoda-like appearance. There are no obvious windows in the exterior, and the roofs are flat and at different levels. There is a campanile, a rather discreet cylinder attached to the top of the left hand frontage. |
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===External links=== |
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[http://www.vicariatusurbis.org/Ente.asp?ID=157 Official diocesan web-page] |
[http://www.vicariatusurbis.org/Ente.asp?ID=157 Official diocesan web-page] |
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[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_della_Visitazione_(Roma) Italian Wikipedia page] |
[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_della_Visitazione_(Roma) Italian Wikipedia page] |
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| + | [http://www.info.roma.it/monumenti_dettaglio.asp?ID_schede=4092 Aerial photos] |
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Revision as of 15:38, 2 July 2011
| Santa Maria della Visitazione a Collatino | |
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| English name: St Mary of the Visitation at Collatino | |
| Dedication: Mary (Visitation) | |
| Denomination: Catholic | |
| Built: 1971 | |
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| Address: Via dei Crispolti 142 | |
Santa Maria della Visitazione a Collatino is a modern parish church at Via dei Crispolti 142, in the Collatino district, south-west of the Pietralata metro station.
Picture of the church at Wikimedia Commons. [1]
This fantastic modernist design is a contender for the most un-churchlike church in Rome. It was designed by Saverio Busiri Vici, and completed in 1971. The plan is irregular, although based on a rectangle, and there is no axis of symmetry. Some of the outside walls are battered (slope inwards), and some are vertical and that behind the altar has both a horizontal and a vertical curve, rather like part of a tortoise. Four enormous horizontal concrete flanges run around the church, giving it a pagoda-like appearance. There are no obvious windows in the exterior, and the roofs are flat and at different levels. There is a campanile, a rather discreet cylinder attached to the top of the left hand frontage.
Inside, the vast space has hardly any decoration. However, there is a notable sculpture by Vincenzo Mussner Gregor of the Visitation.