San Gaudenzo is a 20th-century

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parish church in the

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region of

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Italy. The original parish church was erected in 1856 using designs by Filippo Morolli, but it was destroyed during World War II. The reconstruction, while modeled on the prior church, is a modern reinterpretation, completed in 1950, by the architect Luigi Campanini. Many of the prior artworks were destroyed, including a canvas by Francesco Brici depicting ''San Gaudenzo''. The church now houses a canvas by Angelo Sarzetti, originally in a Convent of Rimini. The portal has a sculptural group depicting ''San Gaudenzo blessing'' by Elio Morri (1913-1992).San Gaudenzo
, official website of church.

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