Maria Regina Vallis Augustanæ (Italian: Chiesa di Maria Regina della Valle d'Aosta; French: Sainte Marie Reine de la Vallée d'Aoste) is a Roman Catholic church located in Breuil-Cervinia, Valtournenche, Italy.

History

The church was built in 1955.[1]

Description

The interior houses two wooden bas-reliefs, works of the school of Fra Angelico, depicting Mary and the Child, and Bernard of Menthon, the patron saint of mountaineers and mountain dwellers.[1]

The church features a three-nave structure with a bell tower. Flanking the portal are two bronze busts dedicated to prominent figures of the local community: father Vietto and father Sterpone, the latter remembered for his 40-year tenure as parish priest of Breuil-Cervinia.[1]

References

Media related to Maria Regina Vallis Augustanae (Breuil-Cervinia) at Wikimedia Commons

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