Turin Cathedral | |
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Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist Italian: Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista Latin: Ecclesia Sancti Johannis Baptista | |
Duomo di Torino | |
Map of Turin | |
45°04′24″N 7°41′08″E / 45.07332°N 7.685435°E | |
Location | Turin |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Consecrated | 1505 |
Relics held | Shroud of Turin |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Amedeo di Francesco da Settignano (it) |
Style | Renaissance and Baroque |
Years built | 1468-1470 (bell tower)[1] 1491-1498 |
Specifications | |
Number of towers | 1 |
Tower height | 130 feet (40 m)[2] |
Administration | |
Province | Turin |
Archdiocese | Turin |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Roberto Repole |
Turin Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Torino; Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Turin, northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (Italian: San Giovanni Battista). It is the seat of the Archbishops of Turin.
It was built during 1491–1498, adjacent to a bell tower which had been built in 1470. Designed by Guarino Guarini, the Chapel of the Holy Shroud (the current location of the Shroud of Turin) was added to the structure in 1668–1694.