According to the ‘Tantu Panggeleran’, a sacred cosmological scripture, the island of Java used to drift unpredictably in the ocean.

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Site Specific Arquitectura wanted to create a place of worship “without artifice or excess” for the brothers of the monastery in Apelação – a parish on the outskirts of the Lisbon.

The exceptional quality of this creamy marble is known since roman times, when the Roman Empire already used it for the construction of their most prestigious monuments and sculpting.