Madonna del Carmine, Baroque church in central Turin, Italy
Madonna del Carmine is a single-nave Baroque church in central Turin, built from 1732 on a design by Filippo Juvarra. Three chapels open on each side through oval openings that let light in from the gallery windows, and wooden statues by Stefano Maria Clemente crown the arches. The nave ends in a semi-elliptical apse with tribunes between the columns, and the facade was finished only in 1871-1872 by Carlo Pattarelli.
The church was designed by Filippo Juvarra in 1732 and sustained damage from World War II bombings. It was later reconstructed using photographic documentation to faithfully restore the original structure.
The altar holds a relic of Blessed Amadeus IX of Savoy that was donated by royalty. The colored marble chapels reflect local devotion to the Virgin Mary within the Baroque religious tradition.
The church sits at the intersection of Via del Carmine and Via Bligny, just behind the pedestrian shopping street Via Garibaldi in Turin's old town. Its location places it within walking distance of other landmarks and shops in this active neighborhood.
The bell tower, added in 1734, originally held ten bells cast by Alessandro Bianco of Turin. The French occupation reduced them to three; in 1911 parishioners funded a new six-bell concert in E-flat by founder Giuseppe Mazzola. A narrow, awkward spiral staircase by the sacristy leads up to them.
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