Chapel of the Holy Shroud

Chapel of the Holy Shroud
*Cappella della Sacra Sindone* (in Italian)
Chapel of the Holy Shroud ; Cappella della Sacra Sindone (in Italian)
	Interior of the chapel.
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic
District	Diocese of Turin
Location
Location	Turin, Italy
	Shown within Turin
Geographic coordinates	45°04′24″N 7°41′08″E / 45.07332°N 7.685435°E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Guarino Guarini
Type	Chapel
Style	Baroque
Funded by	House of Savoy
Groundbreaking	1668
Completed	1694

The Chapel of the Holy Shroud (Italian: Cappella della Sacra Sindone) is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic chapel in Turin in northern Italy, constructed to house the Shroud of Turin (Sindone di Torino), a religious relic believed to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth. It is located adjacent the Turin Cathedral and connected to the Royal Palace of Turin. The chapel was designed by architect-priest and mathematician Guarino Guarini and built at the end of the 17th century (1668–1694), during the reign of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and is considered one of the masterpieces of Baroque architecture. Heavily damaged in a fire in 1997, it underwent a complex 21 year restoration project, and reopened in 2018. The chapel has an intricate and self-supporting wooden and marble dome.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Daley, Jason. "21 Years After Fire, Shroud of Turin Chapel Restored to Former Glory". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
^ Cascone, Sarah (2018-09-28). "Closed for Nearly 30 Years, the Chapel of the Holy Shroud Reopens in Italy Following Massive Restoration Efforts". Artnet News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
^ Scott, John Beldon (2003). Architecture for the shroud : relic and ritual in Turin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-74316-0. OCLC 49249788.

[1] Magazine, Smithsonian; Daley, Jason. "21 Years After Fire, Shroud of Turin Chapel Restored to Former Glory". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

[2] Cascone, Sarah (2018-09-28). "Closed for Nearly 30 Years, the Chapel of the Holy Shroud Reopens in Italy Following Massive Restoration Efforts". Artnet News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

[3] Scott, John Beldon (2003). Architecture for the shroud : relic and ritual in Turin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-74316-0. OCLC 49249788.

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