St Benedict's Chapel, Sumvitg
The Chapel of Saint Benedict (Romansh: Caplutta Sogn Benedetg; German: Kapelle des Heiligen Benedikt) is a Roman Catholic church located in Sumvitg, Surselva Region, canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.
After a 1984 avalanche destroyed a Baroque chapel on the same site, the Disentis Abbey decided to build a new chapel. Architect Peter Zumthor won the architectural competition for the project. The new chapel was built between 1985 and 1989 for a total cost of CHF 600,000.[1][2] Jürg Buchli and Jürg Conzett were the engineers.
Awards[edit]
- 1992: Neues Bauen in den Alpen
- 1994: Auszeichnungen für gute Bauten Graubünden
References[edit]
- ^ "Kapelle Sogn Benedetg". Graubünden – Baukultur | Bauwerke (in German). Kantonsbibliothek Graubünden. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Caplutta Sogn Benedetg" (in German). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sogn Benedetg, Sumvitg.
- St Benedict's Chapel, Sumvitg at archINFORM
- Caplutta Sogn Benedetg - mit den Augen eines Chinesen betrachtet
- Toni Hildebrandt (im Gespräch mit Peter Zumthor): Architektur, Bild und Entwurf. In: Rheinsprung 11. Zeitschrift für Bildkritik. 1 (2011), S. 139–146. online (PDF; 965 kB)
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