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Church of San Filippo NeriThe church was begun in 1675 by Antonio Bettino and reconstructed, after the collapse of the dome, on a project by Filippo Juvarra (1715-1730); the Corinthian pronaos of the façade can be attributed to Giuseppe Maria Talucchi (1835).  Church of San Filippo Neri The inside, the biggest one among the churches of Turin, has got a single rectangular nave covered by a barrel vault with elliptical windows and stuccoes. Along the sides there are three chapels alternated with little choirs in a double order. The high altar with six bent pillars is a work of art by Francesco Maria Giudici (1697-1703); the altar-piece was made by Carlo Maratta (1701-1708). Beside the church there is an oratory of San Filippo, a project by Juvarra (1723) and finished by Ignazio Agliaudo di Tavagliano. The inside is formed by a single nave, with frescoed vault and walls decorated by stuccoes and paints by Mattia Franceschini and Giovanni Conca; the Immacolata and San Filippo Neri at the altar is a work of art by Sebastiano Conca. Information: |