CATHEDRAL, Exterior
- Audio File length: 2.29
- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm Ed, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you through the Cathedral, which is one of the most extraordinary places in Turin.
As you can see, it is a Renaissance-style church, as it has almost entirely kept the same appearance since it was built at the end of the 1400s. But just think, the land it's built on has been home to three ancient Christian churches. In fact, it was cardinal Domenico della Rovere who decided to demolish the ancient complex to give rise to a new monumental church, a true Cathedral for the city.
It was so important to him that he continued to support its construction by sending large trunks full of silver from as far as Rome, where he had gone for the conclave and then remained following the appointment of Pope Innocent VII.
He even sent the building's design to Turin that he had had made by a Florentine architect he had met in the Eternal City....