📍Cappella della Sacra Sindone of Turin 🇮🇹: architecture, myth and trial by fire. There are places that are more than just architecture. The Royal Chapel in Turin is one of them. 🔎 Between 1668 and 1694, Guarino Guarini and Antonio Bertola created a Baroque masterpiece here. The room, built like a gigantic reliquary, was intended to serve only one purpose: to house the Shroud of Turin. Black marble, gilded sculptures, an altar like a theatrical stage set - all staged so that the relic took center stage. 📜 The Shroud remained in the chapel until 1993. It was then placed in an air-conditioned display case in the cathedral for restoration - a decision that was to save it four years later. In 1997, a devastating fire almost completely destroyed the chapel. If the cloth had remained there, it would have been lost. Instead, the fire department dramatically rescued it from its armored display case in the cathedral by smashing the window. ✨ Today, the Shroud continues to rest in Turin Ca
📍Cappella della Sacra Sindone of Turin 🇮🇹: architecture, myth and trial by fire. There are places that are more than just architecture. The Royal Chapel in Turin is one of them. 🔎 Between 1668 and 1694, Guarino Guarini and Antonio Bertola created a Baroque masterpiece here. The room, built like a gigantic reliquary, was intended to serve only one purpose: to house the Shroud of Turin. Black marble, gilded sculptures, an altar like a theatrical stage set - all staged so that the relic took center stage. 📜 The Shroud remained in the chapel until 1993. It was then placed in an air-conditioned display case in the cathedral for restoration - a decision that was to save it four years later. In 1997, a devastating fire almost completely destroyed the chapel. If the cloth had remained there, it would have been lost. Instead, the fire department dramatically rescued it from its armored display case in the cathedral by smashing the window. ✨ Today, the Shroud continues to rest in Turin Ca