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Basilica of Superga

1717–1731 · 18th century

The Basilica of Superga is a baroque church on a hill east of Turin, designed by Filippo Juvarra and built in 1717–1731. Victor Amadeus II had vowed to build it during the French siege of Turin in 1706, and it became the burial place of the house of Savoy. In 1949 an aircraft carrying the Torino football team crashed into the hill below it.

Basilica of Superga
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Basilica of Superga. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/basilica-of-superga
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The Epoch Institute. “Basilica of Superga.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/basilica-of-superga.
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