San Gaudenzo is a 20th-century
Roman Catholic
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parish church in the
Rimini region of
Emilia-Romagna
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Italy.
The original parish church was erected in 1856 using designs by
Filippo Morolli, but it was destroyed during World War II. The reconstruction, while modeled on the prior church, is a modern reinterpretation, completed in 1950, by the architect
Luigi Campanini. Many of the prior artworks were destroyed, including a canvas by
Francesco Brici depicting ''San Gaudenzo''. The church now houses a canvas by
Angelo Sarzetti
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, originally in a Convent of Rimini. The portal has a sculptural group depicting ''San Gaudenzo blessing'' by
Elio Morri (1913-1992).
San Gaudenzo
, official website of church.
References
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Roman Catholic churches in Rimini
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1856
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1950
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