Lighting is anything but an afterthought in the design of the Riola Parish Church in Riola, a provence of Bologna, Italy.  As is the norm for Aalto, the assimilation of lighting and nature into the architecture of this church is obvious and well executed. While for the most part unadorned, arches above the cathedral are accented by natural light that gleams down on the congregation and the lighting is intensified towards the altar. Lighting structures are embedded into the arches and the crevices of the main area of congregation. The town of Riola sits at the center of three mountain ranges and the church itself sits surrounded by forestry, hinting once again at the integration of nature into architecture.  This structure, while adhering to the modernist style Aalto was known for, definitely catches an eye in a unique way.  There is neither anything simple nor extreme about the church’s structure.