San Lorenzo
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 during 1668–1687.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in Turin, Italy
- Also known as: “Church of San Lorenzo, Turin”, “Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo”, and “San Lorenzo, Turin”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Turin Cathedral and Royal Library of Turin.
Turin Cathedral
Church
Photo: Eccekevin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Turin Cathedral is situated 140 metres north of San Lorenzo.
Royal Library of Turin
Library
Photo: Phyrexian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 east of San Lorenzo.
Museo Egizio
Museum
Photo: Ysogo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museo Egizio or Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 30,000 artifacts, and is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world, after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Museo Egizio is situated 410 metres south of San Lorenzo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro and Roman Quadrilateral.
San Lorenzo
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Centro - Crocetta, Turin, Province of Turin, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.0721° or 45° 4′ 20″ northLongitude
7.68485° or 7° 41′ 6″ eastElevation
253 metres (830 feet)Inception
1680Open location code
8FQ93MCM+RWOpenStreetMap ID
way 191215489OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“San Lorenzo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سان لورنزو”
- Arabic: “كنيسة سان لورنزو (تورنتو)”
- Basque: “San Laurendi eliza (Turin)”
- Basque: “San Laurendi eliza”
- Catalan: “Església San Lorenzo”
- Chinese: “都灵圣老楞佐教堂”
- Czech: “kostel San Lorenzo”
- Czech: “Kostel San Lorenzo”
- Dutch: “Church of San Lorenzo, Turin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سان لورنزو”
- French: “Église Saint-Laurent de Turin”
- French: “église Saint-Laurent”
- German: “San Lorenzo”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Lorenzo”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Lorenzo”
- Italian: “chiesa Reale di San Lorenzo”
- Italian: “Real chiesa di San Lorenzo”
- Persian: “سن لورنزو، تورین”
- Polish: “Kościół San Lorenzo w Turynie”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de São Lourenço (Turim)”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de São Lourenço”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Lovrenca, Torino”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev svetega Lovrenca, Torino”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Lorenzo”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Lorenzo”
- Turkish: “San Lorenzo, Torino”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Lorenzo”. Photo: Claude, Public domain.