Tempio Malatestiano

Tempio Malatestiano
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
DioceseDiocese of Rimini
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMinor basilica
Year consecrated800
Location
Location Rimini, Italy
Interactive map of Tempio Malatestiano
Coordinates44°03′35″N 12°34′13″E / 44.059624°N 12.570232°E / 44.059624; 12.570232
Architecture
ArchitectLeon Battista Alberti
TypeChurch
StyleRomanesque
Groundbreaking800
Completed1468 (unfinished)

The Tempio Malatestiano (Italian for Malatesta Temple) officially Cathedral Basilica of Santa Colomba is the unfinished cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. Originally named for St. Francis, it takes the popular name from Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, who commissioned its reconstruction by the famous Renaissance theorist and architect Leon Battista Alberti around 1450.

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