Chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala, Moncalieri, Gothic church in Moncalieri, Italy
The chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala is a Gothic building in Moncalieri featuring four naves and multiple side chapels. It contains an eighteenth-century presbytery and houses artworks by local artists, including a fifteenth-century sandstone sculpture of the Lamentation of Christ.
A chapel is documented from 1232 and was expanded into a larger church in 1318 with support from Turin's Bishop Teodisio Revelli. In the nineteenth century, the building received neo-Gothic frescoes and a baroque main entrance topped by a rose window completed in 1857.
The interior preserves medieval religious artworks and remains a place where the community gathers for prayer and important ceremonies. The decorated chapels reflect the devotional traditions that have shaped this building through the ages.
The site is open to visitors interested in religious architecture and medieval art. You can explore the interior during daytime hours, though remember that it remains an active place of worship where prayer times may affect access.
Angelo Moia created the neo-Gothic frescoes in the nineteenth century, adding an artistic layer that visitors often miss when focusing on the medieval elements. These wall paintings form a visual bridge between the building's medieval roots and later aesthetic preferences.
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