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Architecture of the Padre Pio Basilica

Here's an interesting article from the Guardian about the new basilica at Padre Pio's shrine.

In the name of the padre

Renzo Piano, co-creator of the Pompidou Centre, has pulled off another masterpiece, says Jonathan Glancey

Monday September 30, 2002 The Guardian

Late this summer, I flew from Foggia in southern Italy to Klagenfurt, Austria, as a homage to my Uncle Jack who died on a bombing mission between those two points with 70 Squadron RAF in July 1944. Climbing out of Foggia, over woods of oak, yew and pine, my eye was caught by one of the most extraordinary building sites to be found on any flight path. Halfway between the highest mountains in the Gargano, Monte Nero and Monte Calvo, I circled above what promises to be one of the most striking and popular pilgrimage shrines ever.