Santa Maria degli Angeli, Contemporary church on Monte Tamaro in Rivera, Switzerland.

Santa Maria degli Angeli is a chapel built from 1992 to 1996 in concrete and porphyry on Alpe Foppa, at 1,530 m on the northeast slope of Monte Tamaro. A 65-metre walkable viaduct leads to the cylindrical chapel, 15.30 m in diameter and 11 m high; its roof forms stairs around the entrance, recalling an amphitheatre.

Mario Botta designed the chapel between 1990 and 1992, and it was built in concrete and porphyry from 1992 to 1996 at 1530 metres on the Alpe Foppa, on the north-east slope of Monte Tamaro. The sources differ on the completion year: the German article gives 1996, the Ukrainian one 1994. It stands in the former municipality of Rivera, now Monteceneri, in the canton of Ticino.

The chapel's interior was painted by Enzo Cucchi, who set 22 of his works into the walls above the windows. Small rectangular windows at floor level let in subdued light that falls on the paintings and on the prayers of praise and petition placed above them. Wooden benches stand on either side of the central aisle.

The church serves both as a place for prayer and as a viewing point overlooking the surrounding Alpine scenery. Reaching it requires walking along a path from the mountain station, so comfortable shoes are helpful.

The viaduct's roof doubles as a stepped path: visitors who walk up it end on the chapel's roof, where a metal frame holds the bell and serves as a lookout. The interior stair inside the viaduct leads instead to the square before the entrance.