Santa Maria di Piazza is a late-

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-style church located on via Santa Maria near Via Garibaldi in Central

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, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was among the last designs by

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Description

The church was built between 1751-1752, originally along an elliptical plan with a complex

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, and consecrated in 1768 by the archbishop of Turin,

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The addition of two chapels in 1890 altered the layout to resemble more a Greek Cross. The sober neoclassical facade was designed by Barnaba Panizza and added in 1830. Originally the church was affiliated with the Order of the Discalced Trinitarians, but later it was attached to the confraternities of the Santissimo Viatico and later the ''Sacro Cuore di Gesù'' (Holy Heart of Jesus). At the beginning of the 19th century it was affiliated with the

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. In 1910, the church was named a sanctuary and proclaimed a national monument.

Interior

The first altar on the right has an altarpiece depicting the ''Baptism of Christ'' by Michele Antonio Milocco, while the altar on the left has an altarpiece depicting the ''Holy Family'' by Mattia Franceschini. The main altarpiece depicts the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' by Pietro Francesco Guala.Santa Maria di Piazza
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maria di Piazza Turin Roman Catholic churches completed in 1752 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches in Turin Baroque architecture in Piedmont