THE WEST FRONT OF GIO PONTI’S
CONCATTEDRALE GRAN MADRE
DI DIO, IN THE PORT CITY OF
TARANTO, WAS INSPIRED BY
PAPER CUT-OUTS. BEHIND
IT RISES THE ‘SAIL’ THAT PONTI
CONSTRUCTED INSTEAD OF
A CROSSING TOWER – A KIND
OF OPENWORK BELFRY WITHOUT
BELLS, WHICH UNITES THE
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