Basilica Torino BASILICA DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE Founded by Don Bosco in 1865-68 to a design by Antonio Spezia, this church was extended and enriched in 1935-38. The facade is in neo-Palladian style and, on the dome, there is the statue of the Madonna, the work of Camillo Boggio (1867). The...
Basilica Torino BASILICA DI SUPERGA - CHIESA Designed and executed by Filippo Juvarra in 1717-1731, this basilica is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary and holds the tombs of the House of Savoy. According to tradition, it was commissioned by Vittorio Amadeo II in fulfilment of vow taken if...
Church Torino CHIESA DEL SANTO VOLTO Designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta and the first church of the twenty-first century, it consists of seven towers around the perimeter, 35 metres tall, and a post-modern bell-tower which, inside, incorporates the old factory chimney on which the...
Church Torino DUOMO DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA The current Duomo, first example of Renaissance architecture in Torino, was commissioned by Bishop Domenico della Rovere on the area of three medieval churches dedicated to the Saviour, St John the Baptist and St Mary. The design was entrusted to...
Church Torino REAL CHIESA DI SAN LORENZO The Real Chiesa di S. Lorenzo, restored for two Ostensions of the Holy Shroud (in 1998 and 2000), offers all visitors, whether frequent or occasional, the absorbing view of this gem by Guarino Guarini. The clergymen of the church of San Lorenzo...
Sanctuary Torino SANTUARIO DELLA CONSOLATA The sanctuary of Mary the Comforter, closely linked to the worship of the Virgin Mary, has very ancient origins. Dedicated originally to Sant’Andrea, it was already in existence in the 10th century. Of the medieval period there remain the bell-...
Basilica Torino BASILICA DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE Founded by Don Bosco in 1865-68 to a design by Antonio Spezia, this church was extended and enriched in 1935-38. The facade is in neo-Palladian style and, on the dome, there is the statue of the Madonna, the work of Camillo Boggio (1867). The...
Basilica Torino BASILICA DI SUPERGA - CHIESA Designed and executed by Filippo Juvarra in 1717-1731, this basilica is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary and holds the tombs of the House of Savoy. According to tradition, it was commissioned by Vittorio Amadeo II in fulfilment of vow taken if...
Church Torino CHIESA DEL SANTO VOLTO Designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta and the first church of the twenty-first century, it consists of seven towers around the perimeter, 35 metres tall, and a post-modern bell-tower which, inside, incorporates the old factory chimney on which the...
Church Torino DUOMO DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA The current Duomo, first example of Renaissance architecture in Torino, was commissioned by Bishop Domenico della Rovere on the area of three medieval churches dedicated to the Saviour, St John the Baptist and St Mary. The design was entrusted to...
Church Torino REAL CHIESA DI SAN LORENZO The Real Chiesa di S. Lorenzo, restored for two Ostensions of the Holy Shroud (in 1998 and 2000), offers all visitors, whether frequent or occasional, the absorbing view of this gem by Guarino Guarini. The clergymen of the church of San Lorenzo...
Sanctuary Torino SANTUARIO DELLA CONSOLATA The sanctuary of Mary the Comforter, closely linked to the worship of the Virgin Mary, has very ancient origins. Dedicated originally to Sant’Andrea, it was already in existence in the 10th century. Of the medieval period there remain the bell-...
