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Church of Santa CristinaThe church of Santa Cristina and the church of San Carlo are the twin churches placed on the corner of the south blocks of Piazza San Carlo, which frame, like two scenes, the beginning of the south stretch of via Roma.  Church of Santa Cristina The first church was erected since 1639 because of the willing of Christine of France, first Madama Reale, on a drawing of Carlo di Castellamonte, while the façade, curvilinear in the central part, in marble and granite, is due to Filippo Juvarra (1715-1718); instead, the statues are due to Carlo Antonio Tantardini and Giuseppe Nicola Casana. In the interior, formed by a single nave, the décor was resumed in a later period; beside the high altar, there is a rectangular chapel with the painting by Antonio Triva (Riposo dalla Fuga in Egitto). Information: |