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Santa Maria di Monte dei Cappuccini
A late-Renaissance-style church on a hill overlooking the River Po. It was built 1583 to 1656 for the Capuchin Friars; the delay was through plague and the occasional war. A miracle supposedly occurred in 1640 during the French assault on Turin, when troops seizing the church were repulsed by a sheet of holy flame from the tabernacle. They slew all the defenders anyhow, no doubt in a faith-affirming sort of way. Cannonballs stuck in the walls recall the assaults of 1706 and 1799.
- Address
- Piazzale Monte dei Cappuccini
- Getting there
- next to Museo Nazionale della Montagna
- Hours
- Daily 07:30-19:30
- Price
- Free
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