Guarino Guarini
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Camillo Guarino Guarini was an Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. His work repre
Guarino Guarini
The Church of the Annunziata, before being destroyed by the 1908 Messina earthquake
The cupola of San Lorenzo
External view of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud
San Lorenzo, Turin
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San Lorenzo, also known as the Royal Church of Saint Lawrence, is a Baroque-style church in Turin, adjacent to the Royal Palace of Turin. The present church was designed and built by Guarino Guarini d
Guarino Guarini
…project, leaving swiftly for Turin in the autumn of 1666. When Guarini arrived in Turin towards the end of 1666 he submitted a completely new design for San Lorenzo, the first stone of which had been laid in 1634. It originally had a Latin-cross plan, variously attributed to Ascanio Vitozzi, Carlo di Castellamonte…
Façade of the church
Interior view of cupola.