Mario Botta's Mountain Church

Mario Botta - San Giovanni Battista

San Giovanni Battista Church in Mogno (Switzerland) designed by famed architect Mario Botta. Filmed and edited 4k with a Panasonic GH4

Chiesa di Mogno, ValleMaggia Switzerland by Architect Botta, May 31, 2010

Very Modern church in Mogno Switzerland after the 17th c church was destroyed by avalanche.

Bells of Botta chapel in Mogno Ticino/Switzerland

A sound sample of the Bells of Botta's chapel in Mogno/Switzerland when they are rung rather slow and softly. A more vigorous and normal ringing of these bells you will find here:

On Tour in Switzerland - Maggia-Valley

Auf dem Weg zur Kirche des Architekten Mario Botta in Mogno fuhren wir durch das wild-rustikale Maggia-Tal. Am Ende des Tales eine impossante und sehr enge Bergstrasse hinauf nach Fusio

Ein sicherer Transport bietet
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On the way to the church of the architect Mario Botta in Mogno we drove through the wild rustic Maggia valley. At the end of the valley an impressive and very narrow mountain road up to Fusio.

A safe transport offers

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Mario Botta's church on Alpe Foppa below Monte Tamaro.

30°/20° GIORNATA DI FESTA E DI MEMORIA DELLA CHIESA DI MOGNO

30°/20° GIORNATA DI FESTA E DI MEMORIA DELLA CHIESA DI MOGNO

Official Event Organizer: chiesadimogno.ch

FESTA DI MOGNO 26.06.2016

Celebrating the opus of Arch. Mario Botta

Cathedral Évry France - interior

Cathedral Évry France - architect Mario Botta - 1995

The Cathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the new town of Évry (Essonne), France, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta. It opened in 1995, and was consecrated and dedicated to Saint Corbinian in 1996. The Diocese of Corbeil, also known as Corbeil-Essonnes, was created in 1966, and the parish church of Saint-Spire was elevated to the status of the bishop's seat as Corbeil Cathedral, but neither it nor any other of the existing churches was suitable in size and location, and the bishop's offices were in a converted primary school. Évry was the natural centre of the area and population of the new diocese, and was accordingly chosen as the episcopal centre but lacked a suitable significant structure.

Twelve years later, in 1988, the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes and Évry Cathedral was commissioned from the Swiss architect Mario Botta. Initial studies were conceived the same year, and ground breaking took place in spring 1991. He designed a strikingly contemporary cylindrical concrete tower, 34.5 meters high, faced with 840,000 handmade red bricks crowned by a ring of trees around the edge of the roof. The altar was created from a single piece of white Carrara marble. Construction was funded by contributions from more than 300,000 donors, a national fund created between the two World Wars for reconstruction religious structures destroyed in the Paris region, a major contribution from the Diocese of Munich (Germany), and public agencies in the Île-de-France region. The building is the only completely new, purpose-built cathedral constructed in France in the 20th century.

Iglesia sobre Monte Tamaro Suiza

Sobre el Monte Tamaro, en el Cantón Ticino, muy cerca de Lugano y de la frontera con Italia, hay un centro invernal de sky y en verano es un lugar de aladeltismo. El arquitecto suizo Mario Botta, hizo sobre el monte esta iglesia-escultura. Impresionante por la ubicación, opinable en otros aspectos.

BANSURI Meditation 2019

Spontaneous playing Bansuri in powerful surrounding of
Mountain Church by Mario Botta, Mogno, Ticino, Switzerland.
Natural reverb, no further mastering.

Santa Maria degli Angeli - Monte Tamaro

Chiesa Santa Maria degli Angeli progettata dall'architetto di fama mondiale Mario Botta, una meraviglia dell'architettura contemporanea, con i dipinti di Enzo Cucchi.
La visita alla chiesa è quasi d'obbligo, questa rocca possente sullo sperone della montagna oltre a proporre uno spazio di meditazione, diventa anche lo strumento per una nuova lettura del paesaggio.
La chiesa è dedicata a Santa Maria degli Angeli, costruita fra il 1992 e il 1996 presenta un carattere innovativo nell'ambito dell'ideazione di un edificio devozionale.
Realizzata in porfido, essa è ubicata al limitare di un pendio, oltre il quale si apre una straordinaria veduta panoramica.
L'intervento artistico affidato a Enzo Cucchi, occupa i due spazi principali: il soffitto della passerella, dove trova posto un lungo cipresso, e il cuore della Chiesa. L'abside di un azzurro intenso propone il tema delle mani in gesto offerente, integrate egualmente nello svolgimento nell'iconografia mariana, distribuita in ventidue formelle poste sopra le finestre.
Padre Giovanni Pozzi, cappuccino, insigne studioso delle forme della preghiera e della spiritualità, ha composto le ventidue litanie che Enzo Cucchi ha tradotto in segni suggestivi ed evocativi.


Die vom weltbekannten Architekten Mario Botta entworfene Kirche Santa Maria degli Angeli mit Malereien von Enzo Cucchi ist ein Meisterwerk zeitgenössischer Architektur.
Der Besuch der Kirche ist schon fast ein Muss. Die mächtige Steinfestung auf dem Bergsporn ist mehr als Meditationsraum und bietet die Möglichkeit, die umgebende Landschaft ganz neu zu interpretieren.
Die Kirche ist Santa Maria degli Angeli gewidmet. Der Bau wurde zwischen 1992 und 1996 errichtet und folgt einem neuartigen gestalterischen Ansatz eines Gotteshauses.
Die aus Porphyr erbaute Marienkirche steht am Rand eines Abhangs, von dem aus sich eine aussergewöhnliche Rundsicht eröffnet.
Die künstlerische Gestaltung durch Enzo Cucchi erstreckt sich über die beiden Haupträume: die Decke des Überganges, die durch eine langgezogene Zypresse geziert wird, und das Herz der Kirche. Die in intensivem Blau gehaltene Apsis nimmt das Thema der dargebotenen Hände auf, ergänzt durch eine Serie von zweiundzwanzig Bildtafeln mit marianischen Motiven über den Fenstern.


L'église Sainte-Marie des Anges, conçue par l'architecte de renommée mondiale Mario Botta, est une merveille de l'architecture contemporaine, avec ses peintures de l'artiste Enzo Cucchi.
La visite de cette église s'impose: ce puissant rocher sur l'éperon de la montagne propose non seulement un espace de méditation, mais devient aussi le moyen de lire le paysage autrement.
L'église, dédiée à Sainte-Marie des Anges, a été construite entre 1992 et 1996 et constitue une innovation dans le cadre de la conception d'un édifice dévotionnel.
Réalisée en porphyre, elle est située à la lisière d'une pente au-delà de laquelle s'ouvre une vue panoramique de toute beauté.
L'intervention artistique confiée à Enzo Cucchi occupe les deux principaux espaces: le plafond de la passerelle, où trouve place un grand cyprès, et le cœur de l'église. L'abside, d'un bleu intense, propose le thème des mains ouvertes en geste d'offrande, intégrées également dans le déroulement de l'iconographie mariale, distribuée en vingt-deux carreaux positionnés au-dessus des fenêtres.
Le père Giovanni Pozzi, capucin, éminent spécialiste des formes de prière et de spiritualité, a composé les vingt-deux litanies qu'Enzo Cucchi a traduites en signes suggestifs et évocateurs.


The Santa Maria degli Angeli chapel, designed by world-famous architect Mario Botta, is a marvel of contemporary architecture and features paintings by Enzo Cucchi.
A visit to the church is a must. This impressive edifice built on a spur of the mountain offers a place for meditation as well as a new perspective on the landscape.
The chapel, built between 1992 and 1996, is dedicated to Santa Maria degli Angeli (Saint Mary of the Angels), and its innovative design represents a new take on religious architecture.
Built of porphyry, it stands on the edge of a slope opening onto an amazing panorama.
The paintings by Enzo Cucchi occupy two main areas -- the vault of the footbridge, where there is a tall cypress tree, and the very heart of the church. The deep-blue apse features hands cupped in offering. Twenty-two panels above the windows also continue the Marian iconography.
Capuchin Father Giovanni Pozzi, a leading expert on forms of prayer and spirituality, composed the twenty-two litanies which Enzo Cucchi has translated into attractive and evocative images.

Ask a designer - Mario Botta on architectural style | Architecture design

The architecture of Swiss architect Mario Botta is scattered around the world. His signature works include San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art, the cathedral in Evry, France and the Samsung museum of art in Seoul. Red bricks are his trademark. At the age of 73, he'd added another structure to his repertoire. The Fiore di Pietra restaurant in Switzerland. It's perched some 1700 meters on Monte Generoso, like a flower overlooking the valley below.

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TI - Kirche Santa Maria degli Angeli

Die Alpe Foppa erreicht man mit der Gondelbahn von Riviera/TI aus. Die vom weltbekannten Architekten Mario Botta entworfene Kirche Santa Maria degli Angeli ist ein Meisterwerk zeitgenössischer Architektur mit Malereien von Enzo Cucchi. Der Besuch der Kirche ist fast schon ein Must, die mächtige Steinfestung auf dem Bergsporn ist mehr als ein Meditationsraum und bietet die Möglichkeit, die umgebende Landschaft ganz neu zu lesen.

Die Kirche ist Santa Maria degli Angeli geweiht. Der Bau wurde zwischen
1992 und 1994 errichtet und folgt einem neuartigen gestalterischen Ansatz für
ein Gotteshaus. Sie ist aus Porphyr erbaut und steht am Rand eines Abhangs, von dem aus sich eine aussergewöhnliche Rundsicht eröffnet. Die künstlerische Gestaltung durch Enzo Cucchi erstreckt sich auf die beiden Haupträume: Die Decke des Überganges, die durch eine langgezogene Zypresse geziert wird, und das Herz der Kirche. Die in intensivem Blau gehaltene Apsis nimmt das Thema der dargebotenen Hände auf.