page_title: Santa Maria Assunta, Riola di Vergato
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Maria Assunta, Riola di Vergato / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of Alvar Aalto's church at Riola di Vergato
context_page_description: Santa Maria Assunta is a Catholic church located in Riola di Vergato, central Italy. It was designed by Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto.
context_section_description: Design on the project began in 1965–66. The Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro secured Aalto's participation upon seeing his work in an exhibition in Florence at the Palazzo Strozzi. Lercaro had also commissioned architects Kenzo Tange and Le Corbusier to design churches in his domain. Because both Aalto and Lercaro died in 1976, and only some portions of the project masterplan were completed, this work could be considered posthumous.
  Construction began in 1975. The church was consecrated in 1978. The Campanile was completed as late as 1993.
caption: Nave
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