CATHEDRAL, Shroud Of Turin

At the back of Turin's Catheral, two black marble staircases lead you to the chapel which conserves one of the most important and controversial relics of Christianity.

The Shroud of Turin is a linen sheet about four and a half meters long which, according to Christian legend, was used to wrap Jesus' body in his tomb. The sheet bears the image, both in front and in back, of the body of a naked man with signs of torture including traces of death by crucifixion. 1The fabric, which is normally kept folded, has visible traces of a fire that took place in the first half of the 1500s, after which the center portion was patched. The Shroud is exposed only on very solemn occasions, and incredibly long lines of pilgrims and devotees come to see it. You can see an accurate reproduction of it in the Cathedral....