Basilica Minore dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo is a Catholic basilica located in

Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...

, Italy. It is dedicated to the Apostles Philip and James, patron saint of Cortina d'Ampezzo. It is the home of the parish and the deanery of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Built between 1769 and 1775 in the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style to a design by the architect Joseph Promperg, it sits on the site where two previous churches had existed from the 13th and 16th centuries.

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* AA. VV., ''Pietre Vive'', Edizioni La Cooperativa di Cortina, Cortina d'Ampezzo, 2011. * Karl Wolfsgruber, ''La Chiesa Parrocchiale dei SS. Filippo e Giacomo di Cortina d'Ampezzo'', Foto Ghedina, Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1975. Roman Catholic churches completed in 1775 Minor basilicas in Veneto Buildings and structures in Cortina d'Ampezzo 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Baroque architecture in Veneto {{Italy-church-stub