The Chapel of Saint Benedict (; ) is a

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church located in

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. After a 1984

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destroyed a

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chapel on the same site, the Disentis Abbey decided to build a new chapel. Architect

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won the architectural competition for the project. The new chapel was built between 1985 and 1989 for a total cost of CHF 600,000. Jürg Buchli and Jürg Conzett were the engineers.

Awards

* 1992: * 1994: '

References

External links

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Caplutta Sogn Benedetg - mit den Augen eines Chinesen betrachtet
* Toni Hildebrandt (im Gespräch mit Peter Zumthor): ''Architektur, Bild und Entwurf.'' In: ''Rheinsprung 11. Zeitschrift für Bildkritik.'' 1 (2011), S. 139–146
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