Chapel of the Holy Shroud
The Chapel of the Holy Shroud is a Baroque style Roman Catholic chapel in Turin in northern Italy, constructed to house the Shroud of Turin, a religious relic alleged to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: chapel housing the Shroud of Turin
- Also known as: “Cappella della SS. Sindone” and “Sindone Chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Turin Cathedral and Galleria Sabauda.
Turin Cathedral
Church
Turin Cathedral or Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Turin, northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Turin.
Galleria Sabauda
Museum
The Savoy Gallery is an art collection in the Italian city of Turin, which contains the royal art collections amassed by the House of Savoy over the centuries. Galleria Sabauda is situated 110 metres north of Chapel of the Holy Shroud.
Royal Library of Turin
Library
The Royal Library of Turin is a library located within the ground floor of the Royal Palace of Turin, itself a World Heritage Site in Turin, Italy. The library contains approximately 200,000 print volumes, 4,500 manuscripts, 3,055 drawings, 187 incunabula… Royal Library of Turin is situated 130 metres south of Chapel of the Holy Shroud.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porta Palazzo and Roman Quadrilateral.
Chapel of the Holy Shroud
- Categories: chapel, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Centro - Crocetta, Turin, Province of Turin, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.07319° or 45° 4′ 24″ north
Longitude
7.68586° or 7° 41′ 9″ east
Elevation
252 metres (827 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FQ93MFP+78
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Chapel of the Holy Shroud” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hil-oihal Santuaren kapera”
- Basque: “Izara Santuaren kapera”
- Belarusian: “Капліца Гварыні”
- Catalan: “Capella del Sant Sudari”
- Chinese: “神圣裹尸布小堂”
- Czech: “kaple Božího plátna”
- Czech: “kaple sv. Plátna v Turíně”
- Czech: “kaple Turínského plátna”
- Danish: “Sindone-kapellet”
- Dutch: “Sindone Chapel”
- French: “chapelle della Sacra Sindone”
- French: “Chapelle du Saint-Suaire”
- German: “Grabtuchkapelle”
- Irish: “Séipéal Sindone”
- Italian: “Cappella del Guarini di Torino”
- Italian: “Cappella del Guarini”
- Italian: “cappella della Sacra Sindone”
- Italian: “Cappella della Sacra Sindone”
- Italian: “Cappella della Sindone”
- Italian: “Cappella della SS. Sindone”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sindone-kapellet”
- Polish: “Kaplica Świętego Całunu”
- Russian: “Капелла плащаницы”
- Spanish: “Capilla de la Sábana Santa”
- Swedish: “cappella della Sacra Sindone”
- Ukrainian: “Каплиця Гваріні”
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