Italy/Turin

The Duomo. The cathedral of Turin, designed by the tuscan Meo del Caprina da Settignano in the 15th century, is the only Renaissance example of religious architecture that there is in the city. Near the Duomo we can see the beautiful bell tower of San Giovanni; behind the church there is the dome of the Cappella della Sacra Sindone, designed by Guarino Guarini in the 17th century in order to house the sheet that apparently wrapped the corpse of Jesus after the Crucifixion. The dome is a masterpiece of the Baroque and was carried out with a series of superimposed arches that filtrate the light with evocative effects; it was seriously spoilt by a fire in 1997 and, at the moment, it is under repair.

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The Duomo. The cathedral of Turin, designed by the tuscan Meo del Caprina da Settignano in the 15th century, is the only Renaissance example of religious architecture that there is in the city. Near the Duomo we can see the beautiful bell tower of San Giovanni; behind the church there is the dome of the Cappella della Sacra Sindone, designed by Guarino Guarini in the 17th century in order to house the sheet that apparently wrapped the corpse of Jesus after the Crucifixion. The dome is a masterpiece of the Baroque and was carried out with a series of superimposed arches that filtrate the light with evocative effects; it was seriously spoilt by a fire in 1997 and, at the moment, it is under repair.