Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa is a church in

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, via Neera 24.

History

The name "Chiesa Rossa" derived from the old church of "Santa Maria" near the "

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called also "Santa Maria ad Fonticulum". The construction started by Franco Della Porta in

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style, and was completed in 1932 by

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. The facade was built in the 1960. A consecration plaque near main entrance remembers the church was consecrated on December 21, 1932 by

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General description

Muzio has designed the church in plan as Latin cross, the central nave is covered by

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and ends in the

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. The Baptistery, in the left in a lateral chapel, has an octagonal shape and contains ''San Giovannino'' a sculpture by

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. From 1996 the church hosts ''Untitled'', the last installation of

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. The design was completed two days before Flavin's death on November 26, 1996 and installed a year later. The installation is made with green and blue fluorescent lights for the main nave, red in the

transept A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building withi ...

and yellow for the apse.

Gallery

Image:Consecration Plaque of Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa (Milan).JPG, Consecration Plaque Image:Lady altar in Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa (Milan).JPG, Altar of Our Lady in the left side of the church

References

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Roman Catholic churches completed in 1931 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy