About us

The Foundation Frate Sole is created by Father Costantino Ruggeri With the aim of taking action to raise awareness and promotion in the field of the "built church", so that the artistic and mystical qualities that, Sole , can make sacred space a place of spiritual exaltation.
It is with this awareness that the foundation has set up a series of initiatives that focus attention on the theme of Sacred Art and architecture.
To the International award, strongly wanted by Costantino Ruggeri, aimed at the realizations of the new religious buildings around the world, added the European Prize Destined for the best thesis on the design of a new church.
To date the foundation Frate Sole It has become an international reference point for research on contemporary churches.
The foundation is also striving to promote the knowledge of the artistic and spiritual research of its founder, father Costantino Ruggeri, versatile artist and designer of over 30 churches all over the world.