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Church · Benevento (BN)

Church of Santa Maria della Pace e Santa Rita

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 243 m
Pictured: Benevento · Dэя-Бøяg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

A contemporary church in Benevento consecrated in 2003, an Augustinian sanctuary dedicated to Saint Rita in the Pacevecchia district.

In the Pacevecchia district, along Corso Garibaldi, stands the church of Santa Maria della Pace e Santa Rita, commissioned by the Augustinians as a sanctuary dedicated to the saint of Cascia. Work began in the late 1990s to a design by the architect Benedetto Aloia, and the church was consecrated in 2003.We like its postmodern language, so different from the city's ancient monuments: a tall iron façade flanked by two low tower-shaped chapels. We suggest including it in an itinerary that compares Roman and Lombard Benevento with contemporary religious architecture.

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