| Summary: | What issues arise in connection with the construction of a church within an urban context in the Third Millenium? What places of worship - more or less visible - are capable of attracting the faithful, residents but also visitors and travelers? What factors contribute to reinforce a sense of belonging and identity, as a reference point in the city, not only for a community, but also offering the possibility of interaction with other faiths? By portraying certain churches built in Rome in the 90s during the Jubilee period, and particularly by means of the projects of Richard Meier per the church of Dives in Misericordia in the Roman outskirts, this article discovers in the concept of sacredness the key elements of the liturgical celebration, presenting churches as 'places' or 'sites' and not as objects or buildings. Between tradition and the future.
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