Description
The Church of San Filippo Neri is the largest church in Turin, 69 meters long and 37 wide, on Via Maria Vittoria a short walk from the Egyptian Museum: behind the neoclassical portico opens a single, immense nave designed by Filippo Juvarra.
Inside, the barrel vault is punctuated by seven large shell-shaped windows, and oval chapels with red onyx columns open along the sides. The high altar, from 1703, has six twisted columns and an altarpiece by Carlo Maratta; among the paintings there is also an altarpiece by Francesco Solimena with a view of Turin.
In 1714 the great dome of the first building collapsed, perhaps because of the rain and weak foundations. Juvarra rebuilt the church with a barrel vault, but the work dragged on so long that the pediment of the façade was only added in 1891.
Inside, the barrel vault is punctuated by seven large shell-shaped windows, and oval chapels with red onyx columns open along the sides. The high altar, from 1703, has six twisted columns and an altarpiece by Carlo Maratta; among the paintings there is also an altarpiece by Francesco Solimena with a view of Turin.
In 1714 the great dome of the first building collapsed, perhaps because of the rain and weak foundations. Juvarra rebuilt the church with a barrel vault, but the work dragged on so long that the pediment of the façade was only added in 1891.