Santuario di Montegrisa (III) (39212890885)

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north of the city of

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. Located at an altitude of 300 metres on the edge of the

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above

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and

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, it is a most conspicuous landmark. It was built at the initiative of Antonio Santin, since 16 May 1938

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of Trieste and Koper.

Antonio Santin Antonio Santin, (9 December 1895 – 17 March 1981) was an Italian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Rijeka (1933.08.10 – 1938.05.16), Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1938.05.16 – 1975.06.28), Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1938.05 ...

in the German Wikipedia Seeing the riots between the

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occupiers and the

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on 30 April 1945 he made a vow to erect a church, if Trieste was saved from total

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. The city was saved and in 1959 Santin obtained permission from

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to build a

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church dedicated to the Holy Mary as a symbol of the peace and unity of all people. The temple was designed by Professor Antonio Guacci, after sketches by Santin. The triangular structures should evoke the letter M as a symbol of the Holy Mary. The church was built in between 1963 and 1965, after a first stone had been laid on 19 September 1959. Santin inaugurated the church on 22 May 1966. On 1 May 1992 Pope

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visited the temple. In 2010

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works took place, because the concrete had suffered from alkali-silica reaction.

References

External links

Official website, retrieved 25 January 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Temple Of Monte Grisa 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Buildings and structures in Trieste Churches in the province of Trieste Roman Catholic churches completed in 1965