Rome, San Giuseppe dei Falegnami church temporarily reopens after collapse

The church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami in Rome, affected by a ceiling collapse last Aug. 30, has been temporarily reopened until Jan. 6, 2019 (the inauguration was held last Dec. 20). The sacred building has currently been provided with a temporary sheet metal roof.

To mark the event, a 17th-century wooden nativity scene made by the same author of the elegant coffered ceiling that collapsed, Giovanni Battista Montano (Milan, 1534 - Rome, 1621), has been put on public display and reassembled. It originally adorned the very wooden ceiling. Almost all of the sculptures that decorated it have been recovered, however.

At the moment, the church will not reopen for worship-it will still take time for the work to finish-but the Vicariate of Rome still wanted to send a symbolic message by temporarily opening it for the holidays. Likewise, the Mamertine Prison, which is located under the building, has also been reopened.

Rome, San Giuseppe dei Falegnami church temporarily reopens after collapse

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