San Francesco da Paola is a

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style,

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church located on Via di Po in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

Construction of a church began in 1634 using designs of Pellegrino Pellegrini with the patronage of Christine Marie of France, Duchess of Savoy. It was built adjacent to a convent for monks of the

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. The church was frescoed both on the interior and exterior of the facade by Francesco Guatier of Saluzzo. The main altarpiece was painted by Tommaso Lorenzoni. In the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, there is a canvas by

Sebastiano Taricco Sebastiano Taricco (1645–1710) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Taricco was born in Cherasco, a city of the Piedmont, while some claimed he studied along with Guido Reni and with Domenichino Domenico Zampieri (, ; October 21, 15 ...

. The paintings of six apostles found in the choir, were painted by Bartolomeo Guidoboni. In the last century, the convent was converted into a school.Guida di Torino
Ermano Loscher, 1874 Turin, page 41-42.

References

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