Opened 1694 Province Province of Turin | Affiliation Roman Catholic Completed 1694 Construction started 1668 Architectural style Baroque architecture | |
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Address Piazza San Giovanni, 10122 Torino, Italy District Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin Similar Turin Cathedral, Royal Church of San Lore, Royal Palace of Turin, Palazzo Carignano, Palazzo Madama e Casaforte | ||
The Chapel of the Holy Shroud (Italian: Cappella della Sacra Sindone) is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic chapel in Turin in northern Italy. Located outside the Turin Cathedral and connected to the Royal Palace of Turin, the chapel was designed by the architect Guarino Guarini and built at the end of the 17th century (1668–94), during the reign of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy. The chapel was constructed to house the Shroud of Turin (Sindone di Torino), a religious relic believed by many to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth.
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