<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Italy.svg" class="image" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000"></a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Italia" title="Italia"><span title="country in Southern Europe">Italy</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany" class="extiw" title="w:Tuscany">Tuscany</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montecatini_Terme" class="extiw" title="w:Montecatini Terme">Montecatini Terme</a>, Piazza del Popolo. The Basilica Santa Maria Assunta work began on July 21, 1957, it has a plan star shaped, it was inaugurated on September 29, 1962 and consecrated on August 13, 1988 by Bishop Giovanni Bianchi. It is situated on the same place of the old church built between 1822 and 1833 on project of <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_de_Cambray-Digny" class="extiw" title="it:Luigi de Cambray-Digny">Luigi de Cambray-Digny</a> in neoclassical style, on June 15, 1912 it was appointed parish. The new church was elevated to Basilica by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" class="extiw" title="w:Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> on September 25, 1988. Here is the coat of arms of <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_De_Vivo" class="extiw" title="it:Giovanni De Vivo">Giovanni De Vivo</a> current bishop of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pescia" class="extiw" title="w:Roman Catholic Diocese of Pescia">Roman Catholic Diocese of Pescia</a>.
Piergiuliano Chesi
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