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The church is located on the edge of the pine forest and is part of a larger parish complex. It was designed by the architect Ennio Canino. The need to take into account the natural element has affected the architect’s ideas: the church rises from a meadow and its roof has a color similar to [...]
In 1967 the Vatican decided to set a competition for the design and the building of four new churches in four peripheral areas of Rome. The projects had to comply with several new standards required by the liturgical reform ratified by the Second Vatican Council. One of the four locations identified was in the western [...]
The foundation stone of the church was laid on June 13th 1968 in the presence of Pope Paolo VI. The building was inaugurated on December 7th 1972 and consacrated on December 22nd 1973. The complex, that was designed by Ernesto Vichi, is very large; together with the church it contains offices, lodgings for the clergy [...]
This project of the Church of Santa Maria Regina Pacis is the second one in Ostia Lido. The first one was Marcello Piacentini’s marine hospice for children. It is easily understandable the level of importance Paolo Orlando gave to the church: he demanded the realization of the project as quickly as possible so that the […]
