Piano and the persistent priest

1999-12-01T00:00:00

Persistence won the day, and Piano eventually agreed to take the commission – the first church he has ever designed. The US$26.5 million Chiesa Padre Pio church will be almost the size of St Peter’s in Rome, with completion expected by the end of 2000.

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