San Martino Vescovo di Tours, Ivrea
Parish church of San Martino Vescovo
San Martino Vescovo di Tours is a Roman Catholic parish church, located in Albiano d'Ivrea in the Metropolitan City of Turin, region of Piedmont, northern Italy.
History[]
A church at the site had been present putatively since the fourth century and later dedicated to St Martin of Tours.
The present church building was designed by of Messina, great-grandson of Filippo Juvarra, and built during 1775–1780. The bell-tower dates from the 13th century. It has only five bells since Napoleonic forces confiscated bells in excess of this number from campaniles for scrap metal to use in munitions.[1]
References[]
- ^ Comune of Albiano d'Ivrea, entry on church.
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