[3266] Le due chiese, Torino, Italia

Chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo (right) & Chiesa di Santa Cristina (left)

 

San Carlo Borromeo or San Carlo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church. It mirrors the adjacent church of Santa Cristina and faces the Piazza San Carlo. The church was commissioned in 1619 by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, who had met the archbishop, and later saint, after which the church is named. The main designer is uncertain; the work has been attributed to both Baron Maurizio Valperga, and the engineer Galleani di Ventimiglia.

 

Santa Cristina is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church. It mirrors the adjacent church of San Carlo and faces the Piazza San Carlo. The original layout was designed in 1620 by the architect Carlo di Castellamonte, and construction pursued until 1639. The project was only completed between 1715 and 1718, under the guidance of Filippo Juvarra, including the facade elaborately decorated with ovals and details with statues of saints and allegories of the virtues.

 

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