The Basilica of the Virgin of the Consolation | |
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Map of Turin | |
45°04′36″N 7°40′45″E / 45.07667°N 7.67917°E | |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Guarino Guarini |
Style | Baroque |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Turin |
The Santuario della Madonna Consolata (English: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation) is a Catholic minor basilica and Marian shrine in central Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Located on the intersection of Via Consolata and Via Carlo Ignazio Giulio, the shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Consolation.
Pope Pius X granted a pontifical coronation towards the venerated icon of Madonna della Consolata on 18 June 1904. The same pontiff raised the shrine to the status of minor basilica by Pontifical Decree on 7 April 1906.