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Religious Site Attractions In Riola

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The Church of the Assumption of Mary, Riola di Vergato, Italy was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, is located in Riola, a village in the commune of Vergato, in the province of Bologna, Italy. It was built starting in 1975 and was consecrated in 1978, with the Campanile completed as late as 1993. Design on the project began in 1965–66 after the Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro, secured Aalto's participation upon seeing his work in an exhibition in Florence at the Palazzo Strozzi. Lercaro was a participant in the reforms of Vatican II which had occurred in the previous four years, and had also commissioned architects Kenzo Tang...
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  • 2. La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary Chiusi Della Verna
    Other uses of La Verna include: La Verna cave and Laverna. La Verna, in Latin Alverna and geographically known as Monte Penna, is a locality on Mount Penna, an isolated mountain of 1,283 metres situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines, rising above the valley of the Casentino, central Italy. The place is known especially for its association with Saint Francis of Assisi and for the Sanctuary of La Verna, which grew up in his honour. Administratively it falls within the Tuscan province of Arezzo and the comune of Chiusi della Verna, Italy. The Sanctuary of La Verna, located a few kilometers from Chiusi della Verna , in the National Park of Casentino Forests, Mount Falterona and Campigna, is famous for being the place where St. Francis of Assisi would receive the stigmata on September 1...
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