Basilica of Superga - Great Attractions (Turin, Italy)
- 13 years ago
Take a tour of Basilica of Superga in Turin, Italy – part of the World’s Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
The Basilica of Superga is picturesquely set atop a gently sloping hill over Turin, Italy.
It was constructed in the eighteenth century and features classical baroque architecture.
Its entrance of marvelous colonnades resembles the Pantheon in Greece.
The legend of the churches construction begins with two Italian princes who went to the summit of the hill to meet there enemy in battle and swore to erect a church if victorious.
Appropriately, the church has incorporated a magnificent fresco of this momentous battle into its elegant interior.
A prominent part of this church is the grand mausoleum in the Basilica’s crypt, housing some of the beloved princes and princesses of Italy’s history.
The Basilica of Superga is picturesquely set atop a gently sloping hill over Turin, Italy.
It was constructed in the eighteenth century and features classical baroque architecture.
Its entrance of marvelous colonnades resembles the Pantheon in Greece.
The legend of the churches construction begins with two Italian princes who went to the summit of the hill to meet there enemy in battle and swore to erect a church if victorious.
Appropriately, the church has incorporated a magnificent fresco of this momentous battle into its elegant interior.
A prominent part of this church is the grand mausoleum in the Basilica’s crypt, housing some of the beloved princes and princesses of Italy’s history.