The Church of Santa Maria al Monte dei Cappuccini is a late-
Renaissance
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-style church on a hill overlooking the River Po just south of the bridge of
Piazza Vittorio Veneto in
Turin
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, Italy. It was built for the
Capuchin Order
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; construction began in 1583, and was completed in 1656. The original design was by
Ascanio Vitozzi
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Born at Orvieto, the son of Ercole Lord of Montevitozzo (or Vitozzo), he fought in the Papal army in his ...
, but was completed by the engineer
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.
Under the altar of the left chapel lies the body of Saint
Ignatius of Santhià
Ignatius of Santhià (5 June 1686 – 22 September 1770), born Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
Belvisotti made it his mission to help penitents in th ...
. The high altar originally bore Orazio Gentileschi's ''
Assumption of the Virgin
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We proclaim and d ...
'', now in the
Turin City Museum of Ancient Art
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Monte dei Cappuccini
17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1656
1656 establishments in Italy