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panelling contrast with the white colour of the By car, take the Via Casilina, either west from the ring Livia Bottardi
organ loft and the white road (exit 18) or east from Rome, and turn north onto Via Via Filiberto Petiti, 97
cross. Tor Tre Teste. Once in the community, turn left onto Via http://www.bottardi.eu/
The roof of the nave and Francesco Tovaglieri and the church will be visible.
eastern and western By public transport, take the bus 105 from Termini station,
faades are made of glass, towards Grotte Celoni. Get off at the bus stop called A school adopts a monument
while the altar, baptismal Tobagi. Cross over to the north side of Via Casilina, cross
the railroad and walk about 100 metres into the street Via
font, and nave floor are
Walter Tobagi where the bus stop is placed (because of
made of travertine.
The altar evokes the shape
a building site you may not see the bus stop from Via WELCOME TO
Casilina). Take bus 556 heading Gardenie and get off at
of a boat and is placed at
the west end. A
the bus stop Tovaglieri, just before the church. When you
go back, use the same bus stop. The total journey takes
THE JUBILEE CHURCH
45-60 minutes or a little more.
17th century papier-
mch crucifix is OPENING TIMES
hanging over it. The From 7:30 to 12:30 - From 15:30 to 19:30
position of the
tabernacle is
unusual, in fact it is
not centrally located but at an angle.
The only decorative elements beyond the crucifix
are a marble bas-relief representing God the
Father leaning down
in a merciful attitude
and a medieval statue
of the Virgin Mary.
The shape of the
baptismal font
reminds the ancient
baths when baptism
was celebrated with Church of God Our Merciful Father
Brochure made in the School Year 2011-2012
the full immersion of A GEM OF CONTEMPORARY
by the following students:
the body. ARCHITECTURE
The tabernacle, which Andreka Marinela Bonanni Giada
is usually found Gaudio Ylenia Marciello Giulia
centrally behind the Piccardi Andrea Rocchi Ylenia
main altar, is located Romanzi Marianna Vernillo Federica Largo Terzo Millennio 8 - 9 (Via Francesco
at an angle closer to the day chapel. A number of Volpe Federica Tovaglieri TOR TRE TESTE) 00155 Rome -
silver liturgical objects made by Bulgari are on Tel. /Fax 062315833
display behind the presbytery. Teachers: Claudia Bidolli; Laura Falaschi http://www.diopadremisericordioso.it
[email protected]
The Jubilee Church, formally named God our French architect Le Corbusier. In 1963 he The sails and the walls are
Merciful Father, is situated in the only square in the established his own practice in New York. There he made with a new kind of
world dedicated to the Third Millennium. became the leader of The New York Five", a group marble-like concrete created
It is one of the 50 churches built throughout the of architects that included Peter Eisenman, Michael by Italcementi Group. This
suburbs of Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of the Graves, Charles Gwathmey and John Hejduk. The concrete is called Bianco TX
year 2000. In 1995 there was a design competition group was famous for purist white neo-Corbusian Millennium and contains
among six projects which was won in 1996 by architecture. titanium dioxide to preserve
Richard Meier, a world-famous American architect Meier has built a lot of buildings all over the world, the whiteness of the building
who designed the church and coordinated the and some of the most important are the Douglas despite pollution, rain and
works for its realisation. House at Harbor Springs and the Museum Of other weather effects.
Its construction began in March 1998 in Tor Tre Contemporary Art in Barcelona. Although the building is a masterpiece of
Teste, a suburb six miles far from the city centre. During his career he has received many contemporary architecture, its skylights, slender
The church was consecrated and inaugurated on international awards. shapes and
26th October 2003 by Cardinal Camillo Ruini. Meier also designed the new structure which vertical lines remind the Gothic style.
houses the Ara Pacis in Rome. . The 20-metre high belfry contains five bells which
have a symbolic meaning: they represent the five
EXTERIOR continents.

INTERIOR
Entrance to the church is through large doors within
a glass faade. A weekday chapel and baptistery
each have their own entrances.
The building, which has an asymmetrical plan, is
characterized by a rational use of geometry, by
superb handling of light and by the use of white as
a symbol of purity.
Thanks to its glass
\ ceilings and
The church is part of a complex which also includes skylights, the
a community centre, that is a gathering place for church makes
social, educational and recreational activities. dramatic use of light
Richard Meier, who is the first Jewish architect in but it never allows
RICHAR MEIER history to design a church for the Roman Catholic direct sunlight
Church, has perfectly used the Catholic symbolism. inside. Only in the
Richard Meier was born in
The three curved walls resemble the sails of a ship afternoon, specially
Newark, New Jersey, on 12th and refer to the Holy trinity. In particular the highest in summer, sun-rays
October 1934. He graduated sail, which is 26 metres high, represents Gods
from Cornell University in 1957 can filter through to
protection over the Christian Community. The three the crucifix through
at Cornell University.
sails also evoke a boat symbolising the Church a small opening in
During a trip to Europe in 1959
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