Santa Maria Assunta, Minor basilica in Montecatini Terme, Italy

Santa Maria Assunta is a minor basilica featuring an octagonal floor plan with four chapels flanking the presbytery area and topped by a spherical dome clad in travertine. The interior space appears bright and well-ordered through its geometric design and contemporary construction materials.

The present church was begun on 21 July 1957 and inaugurated on 29 September 1962, replacing Luigi de Cambray Digny's neoclassical church built between 1822 and 1833 and made a parish on 15 July 1912. Bishop Giovanni Bianchi consecrated it on 13 August 1988, and Pope John Paul II raised it to minor basilica that November. The old church's Ionic pronaos survives in the park of Villa Forini Lippi.

The interior features stained glass windows by Giorgio Scalco and a central crucifix carved by Florentine sculptor Sauro Cavallini that shape the worship space. These artworks create a spiritual environment where locals and visitors experience sacred art daily.

The basilica stands at 31 Piazza del Popolo, not on Via Mazzini. Construction began on 21 July 1957 and the church was inaugurated on 29 September 1962; it was consecrated on 13 August 1988 by bishop Giovanni Bianchi. Look for the surviving Ionic portico of the old Cambray Digny church in the park of Villa Forini Lippi.

The old church's Ionic portico survived the 1953-1958 demolition: through an agreement between mayor Ettore Severi's municipal administration and the Lions Club, its remains were moved to the park of Villa Forini Lippi, where visitors can still see them.