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Bern, Switzerland

church holly cross

Bern, Switzerland

church holly cross
Photo: Charly Bernasconi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Church of the Holy Cross in Bern, Switzerland, is a brutalist structure completed in 1969 by architect Walter Förderer. Built in béton brut (raw concrete), the building originally served as a Roman Catholic church but is now used by the Romanian Orthodox community. It holds the status of a Swiss cultural property of cantonal or local significance.

Architect

Movement

Built
Type
church building, Catholic church building, Romanian Orthodox church building
Materials
béton brut
Heritage
Swiss cultural property of cantonal or local significance
Place
Bern, Switzerland

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