Duomo di San Giovanni - Turin, Italy
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N 45° 04.431 E 007° 41.104
32T E 396496 N 4991995
The Duomo di San Giovanni, commissioned by Cardinal Domenico della Rovere and designed by the Tuscan architect, Meo del Caprina da Settignano, and completed in 1498.
Waymark Code: WM8JC2
Location: Piemonte, Italy
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The facade is particularly fine. There are few examples of Renaissance architecture in Turin and the Duomo is the only religious one. Alongside the Duomo towers the 60-metre Campanile di San Giovanni, which was built about 30 years before the cathedral itself.
Address:
Via XX Settembre, 87 (Piazza S. Giovanni) Torino, Torino, Piemonte 10122, Italy

Religious affiliation: Roman Catholic

Date founded or constructed: 1498/1/1

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