Church Piverone CHIESA DEL GESIÙN DI PIVERONE Gli abitanti del luogo chiamano “Gesiùn” (termine accrescitivo di Chiesa) ciò che resta della chiesa romanica di S. Pietro di Sugliaco, che era la rettoria di un villaggio, Livione, nominato in un documento del 1209...
Church Torino CHIESA DEL SANTO SUDARIO This is the church of the Confraternity, one of Torino’s oldest, built to support and spread the worship of the Holy Shroud and for relief work (assistance to the mentally ill, a service which is still being provided). Now it regularly holds...
Church Torino CHIESA DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (ARCIVESCOVADO) Attributed to Guarino Guarini, this church was partly built in 1673 and finished in 1697. The interior of the church has notable features including the frescoes painted by Giovanni Battista Crosato which show il Trionfo della SS. Trinità (The...
Church Torino CHIESA DELLA GRAN MADRE DI DIO Built in 1818 to celebrate the return of the Savoys to their estates, after the fall of the Napoleonic empire. It is modelled on the Pantheon in Rome (design by F. Bonsignore). It is reached up a majestic flight of stairs, dominated at the top by...
Church Torino CHIESA DELLA MADONNA DEL CARMINE The church was built to the plans of Filippo Juvarra between 1732 and 1736 and completed by Agliaudo di Tavigliano, Francesco Benedetto Feroggio and Ignazio Birago di Borgaro. The façade was built in 1872 and then faithfully restored in 1955 after...
Church Torino CHIESA DELLA MADONNA DEL PILONE This church was built at the request of Maria Cristina of France in 1645 and commemorates a miraculous event which had taken place a year before. The church takes its name from the votive pillar representing the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary to...
Church Piverone CHIESA DEL GESIÙN DI PIVERONE Gli abitanti del luogo chiamano “Gesiùn” (termine accrescitivo di Chiesa) ciò che resta della chiesa romanica di S. Pietro di Sugliaco, che era la rettoria di un villaggio, Livione, nominato in un documento del 1209...
Church Torino CHIESA DEL SANTO SUDARIO This is the church of the Confraternity, one of Torino’s oldest, built to support and spread the worship of the Holy Shroud and for relief work (assistance to the mentally ill, a service which is still being provided). Now it regularly holds...
Church Torino CHIESA DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE (ARCIVESCOVADO) Attributed to Guarino Guarini, this church was partly built in 1673 and finished in 1697. The interior of the church has notable features including the frescoes painted by Giovanni Battista Crosato which show il Trionfo della SS. Trinità (The...
Church Torino CHIESA DELLA GRAN MADRE DI DIO Built in 1818 to celebrate the return of the Savoys to their estates, after the fall of the Napoleonic empire. It is modelled on the Pantheon in Rome (design by F. Bonsignore). It is reached up a majestic flight of stairs, dominated at the top by...
Church Torino CHIESA DELLA MADONNA DEL CARMINE The church was built to the plans of Filippo Juvarra between 1732 and 1736 and completed by Agliaudo di Tavigliano, Francesco Benedetto Feroggio and Ignazio Birago di Borgaro. The façade was built in 1872 and then faithfully restored in 1955 after...
Church Torino CHIESA DELLA MADONNA DEL PILONE This church was built at the request of Maria Cristina of France in 1645 and commemorates a miraculous event which had taken place a year before. The church takes its name from the votive pillar representing the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary to...