The Sanctuary of the Visitation in Valinotto (Italian : Santuario della Visitazion del Valinotto) is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic sanctuary church located along the route SP138 in a rural farmland of Valinotto (or Vallinotto) near the town of Carignano in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the region of Piedmont, Italy. The small church, with its stunning hexagonal ribbed dome, was designed in 1738 by the prominent Piedmontese architect Bernardo Vittone.
A small hermitage at the site, dedicated to the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to her mother Elisabeth, was replaced by the present church. The Vittone church was commissioned by the jurist Antonio Faccio (owner of the Cascina del Valinotto and founder of the Opera Pia Faccio-Frichieri in Carignano). The interior, including its highly elaborate dome, was frescoed in 1738-1740 by Pier Francesco Guala.
In 2016, the church was reopened after a restoration sponsored by the Compagnia di San Paolo and under the guidance of Laura Salvetti Firpo, the architects Agostino Magnaghi, Fiorella Mitton, Antonino Mannina, and Doctor Carmen Rossi. [1]
Carignano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Turin.
Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of Florence, Italy. It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired surprise and awe. It reached its peak in the High Baroque (1625–1675), when it was used in churches and palaces in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Bavaria and Austria. In the Late Baroque period (1675–1750), it reached as far as Russia, the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America. In about 1730, an even more elaborately decorative variant called Rococo appeared and flourished in Central Europe.
Filippo Juvarra was an Italian architect, scenographer, engraver and goldsmith. He was active in a late-Baroque architecture style, working primarily in Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
Bernardo Antonio Vittone was an Italian architect and writer. He was one of the three most important Baroque architects active in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy; the other two were Filippo Juvarra and Guarino Guarini. The youngest of the three, Vittone was the only one who was born in Piedmont. He achieved a synthesis of the spatial inventiveness of Juvarra and the engineering ingenuity of Guarini, particularly in the design of his churches, the buildings for which he is best known.
Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. Its rounded façade is different from other façades of the same structure. It is located on the Via Accademia delle Scienze.
The Santuario di Vicoforte is a monumental church located in the commune of Vicoforte, province of Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is known for having the largest elliptical cupola in the world.
The Chapel of the Holy Shroud is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic chapel in Turin in northern Italy, constructed to house the Shroud of Turin, a religious relic believed to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth. It is located adjacent the Turin Cathedral and connected to the Royal Palace of Turin. The chapel was designed by architect-priest and mathematician Guarino Guarini and built at the end of the 17th century (1668–1694), during the reign of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and is considered one of the masterpieces of Baroque architecture. Heavily damaged in a fire in 1997, it underwent a complex 21 year restoration project, and reopened in 2018. The chapel has an intricate and self-supporting wooden and marble dome.
Italian Baroque architecture refers to Baroque architecture in Italy.
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The Sacro Monte di Graglia is one of the numerous devotional places around the Italian Alps and it houses the Santuario di Nostra Signora di Loreto, one of the four major sanctuaries of the Biellese territory. Set in the Valle Elvo at 690 m on the sea level, the sanctuary is built near the Lauretana water industry.
San Gaudenzio is a Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church located on Via San Gaudenzio in the town of Ivrea, Province of Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy.
The Sacro Monte del Santuario di San Giovanni Battista d'Andorno is the Sacro Monte built around a sanctuary in the Cervo Valley above the village of Campiglia Cervo, at an altitude of 1020 meters. It is the only sanctuary devoted to Saint John in Italy and probably in Europe.
The Parish Church and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces is a Roman Catholic parish church in Żabbar, Malta, dedicated to Our Lady of Graces. The church was originally built between 1641 and 1696 to designs of the Renaissance architect Tommaso Dingli. Its façade, an outstanding example of Maltese Baroque architecture, was built in 1738 to designs of Giovanni Bonavia. The dome was rebuilt in the early 19th century after it had been damaged during the French blockade of 1798–1800, and it was rebuilt again in the first half of the 20th century to designs of Giuseppe Pace.
The Church of Saint Clare is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy.
Santa Chiara is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Barbacana, 49 in the town of Bra, province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, northern Italy. The small domed church was designed by the late-Baroque architect Bernardo Antonio Vittone.
Santissimo Salvatore is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located at the juncture of Via Torino and Piazza Regina Margherita in the town of Borgomasino in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. An early design for the present church was by Bernardo Vittone.
The Church of the Contraternity of Holy Cross is a former Roman Catholic oratory or small church located in Via Monte Calvario #16 of the town of Villanova Mondovì, province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, Italy. The late Baroque-style building (1755) with a curvilinear lateral flanks of the brick facade and elaborate dome was designed by Bernardo Vittone and Francesco Gallo. It lies across the street from the more ancient church of Santa Caterina
Santa Maria Maddalena is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located at Vittorio Emanuele #19 in the town of Alba in the province of Cuneo in the region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was designed by the prominent Piedmontese architect Bernardo Vittone, and completed in 1749.
The San Luigi Gonzaga is a Roman Catholic church located in the rural neighborhood of Corteranzo near the town of Murisengo in the Province of Alessandria in the region of Piedmont, Italy. The small church was designed in 1738 by the prominent Piedmontese architect Bernardo Vittone.