Cappella dei Mercanti, Turin
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The cappella dei Mercanti, Negozianti e Banchieri (chapel of merchants, shopkeepers, and bankers), better known as cappella dei Mercanti, is a Catholic chapel in the historic city center of Turin, Italy.
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Cappella dei Mercanti, Negozianti e Banchieri | |
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45°04′23″N 7°40′46″E | |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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Style | Baroque |
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Archdiocese | Turin |
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The chapel, whose construction was authorized during the 16th century, was built at the end of the 1600s and most of the artwork it contains originated in the 1600 and 1700s, in the baroque style.[1]
The sacristy hosts the Perpetual Calendar built by the engineering Giovanni Plana, a primitive computing machine.