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New Church Becomes Tourist Icon After Avalanche

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A modern church designed by architect Mario Botta has become a significant tourist attraction in a remote valley. The church was built on the site of a 17th-century church destroyed by an avalanche on April 25, 1986. Ten years after the disaster, the new San Giovanni Battista church was consecrated, retaining the original church's bells.

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“Diese Kirche ist tatsächlich der Grund, warum viele Touristen überhaupt so weit hoch in dieses einsame Tal fahren.”

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