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Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno

The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It was built between 1994 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986. The church is named after St John the Baptist.

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1992

Lavizzara, Lavizzara, Switzerland

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Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno in Lavizzara, Switzerland

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Mario Botta

Born 1943 · Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

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Mario Botta is a Swiss architect. At age fifteen, Botta dropped out of secondary school and apprenticed with the architectural firm of Carloni and Camenisch in Lugano. After three years, he went to the Art College in Milan for his baccalaureate, and then to Università Iuav di Venezia for his professional degree in 196…

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studio · Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

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