Tags: Religious Building.
The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita is a church in central Bologna near the Piazza Maggiore.The construction of the present Baroque church began in 1687-1690 under the designs of Giovanni Battista Bergonzoni who built the elliptical plan with a dome designed by Giuseppe Tubertini in 1787. The facade was not added till 1905. The sanctuary houses the sculptural group of Sorrow over Dead Christ (1463) by Niccolò dell’Arca.
