Inter­na­tion­al Prize Frate Sole

The Frate Sole Foun­da­tion has been cre­at­ed with the aim of stim­u­lat­ing aware­ness of the need for excel­lent church­es and with the inten­tion of giv­ing active encour­age­ment to their con­struc­tion. Church­es so con­ceived should be an expres­sion of authen­tic qual­i­ties both artis­tic and mys­ti­cal, and the sacred space which is the result of their effec­tive com­bi­na­tion should be capa­ble of mak­ing God manifest.

To this end, the Frate Sole Foun­da­tion has set up a Prize to be con­ferred on the archi­tect of any Chris­t­ian con­fes­sion who in the course of the ten pre­ced­ing years has been respon­si­ble for an eccle­si­as­ti­cal build­ing of undoubt­ed excellence.

The Inter­na­tion­al Prize of Sacred Archi­tec­ture “Frate Sole” is assigned every four years, on the occa­sion of the feast of S. Francesco d’As­sisi, fes­tiv­i­ty of S. Francesco d’Assisi.

Reg­is­tra­tions have concluded
Fri­day 7 June 2024