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Sindone Chapel

Cappella della Sacra Sindone

The Chapel of the Holy Shroud (Cappella della Sacra Sindone) is a Baroque Roman Catholic chapel in Turin, designed by Guarino Guarini to house the Shroud of Turin. Completed and inaugurated in 1694, the circular chapel sits between the Turin Cathedral and the Royal Palace and is distinguished by its intricate multi-level ribbed dome and marble-clad interior. The building was restored and reopened to the public after a major conservation campaign.

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First raised

1694

Its prime

1694

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1694

What Sindone Chapel looked like in its prime.

A circular, marble-clad interior with a raised black-marble altar at the center on six shallow steps; three broad paired pilasters and three wide arches form the drum supporting a complex ribbed dome made of six diminishing hexagonal levels of small arches. The drum alternates six large arched windows with tabernacle niches; the dome culminates in a twelve-pointed star lantern with ovoid windows and a gilded cap and globe. Floors show concentric inlaid star motifs; statues, putti and a gilded balustrade surround the altar.

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8 places to explore in 1694.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Sindone Chapel, including 7 interiors: foot of the left grand staircase, circular vestibule at staircase landing, central raised altar and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Exterior approach from the courtFoot of the left grand staircaseCircular vestibule at staircase landingCentral raised altarLook straight up under the domeDrum ring walkwayDetail at a major supporting archView from the cathedral nave

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