Redeemer church, Italian heritage church building in Levico Terme, Italy.
The Redeemer Church is a sacred building in Levico Terme that features a central dome with geometric patterns on its exterior. A broad staircase rises toward the main entrance.
The first stone of the current church was laid in 1872, replacing a medieval parish church dedicated to Saints Victor and Corona and first documented in 1276. The dome collapsed in 1874 and was rebuilt the same year; the church was completed in 1876 and consecrated in 1877 by Monsignor Haller. The old parish church was demolished the following year to make way for the access staircase.
The facade lunette holds a mosaic of the Redeemer, added in 1943 when decoration of the facade began; a few years later a mosaic of the Good Shepherd was placed in a niche of the inner facade. The dome exterior was decorated with geometric motifs at the start of the 20th century.
The church stands above a large access staircase built in 1878 on the site of the demolished old parish church. The stepped forecourt was repaved during works between 1977 and 2008, and consolidation restorations have been under way since 2013, so parts of the exterior may be under scaffolding.
The newly completed dome collapsed during construction in 1874 and had to be quickly rebuilt. This incident shows the challenges the builders faced with this particular structure.
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