A living church enjoys the gifts of nature here.

In 2001, Italian artist Giuliano Giuliano Mauri began construction work at the foot of Mount Ahaifa. The building standing on the sacred earth is called the Botanical Church (the Cattedrale Vegetale) or the Tree Church (the Tree Cathedral).

He worked on this amazing project until his death in 2009. The following year, those who commemorated the late artist finally finished his creation.

He spent years perfecting the structure of the church. Less than a year after his death, the overall framework of the Tree Cathedral was completed. The new church is one of the achievements of the United Nations celebrating the International year of Biodiversity. This combination of nature and spirituality allows everyone who is lucky to be here in person to indulge in its beauty.

The value of this wonderful work of art lies not only in its exquisite architectural structure, but also in the various beauties it shows at different times. Like other great churches in human history, this church will take decades to complete. The difference is that it is not man who continues to build it, but nature. Man's only task is to stand by and watch how nature uses its talents.

The Tree Cathedral has five corridors and 42 pillars made of ivy-covered trees, each woven of 1800 fir branches wrapped around 600 chestnut and hazel branches. A beech is planted inside each pillar, which can grow up to 160 feet tall and live for more than 300 years. In the future, as man-made structures decay and disintegrate, beech will gradually grow and prop up the cathedral.

There are eighty goose-eared mackerel seedlings in the column, all of which gradually lose color with the changes of the seasons.

Although the cylinder will rot, the trees inside will continue to grow, making the church immortal.

As for the location of the church, Mauri believes that they can only be built in the wild and come into contact with nature. His third work is located in Lodi, Italy, specially located outside the boundaries of the city.

Andrea Ferrari, a cultural consultant for the city, said in an interview, "I talked to Mauri, but he didn't think about anything else. The church must be built there, in the middle of nature, where it is not polluted by the city, so that his work can be fully rooted in the hearts of the people. "