{"id":1127,"date":"2014-09-02T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2014-10-30T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T12:22:31","slug":"sanctuary-consolata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/sanctuary-consolata\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sanctuary of the Consolata"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata.jpg\" alt=\"Sanctuary-Consolata\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-700x464.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sanctuary is located in the homonymous &#8220;Piazza della Consolata&#8221; and is the spiritual heart of Turin. Much loved by the whole city, the\u00a0Madonna of Consolata has an extraordinary story, even if there are documents missing from the early centuries. Piazza della Consolata was already included in the first core of the Roman city and here in the fifth century was the church of St. Andrew, used to venerate an icon of the Virgin Mary brought from the East. Such images are now lost, but thanks to a miracle, was found: a blind man, who came from Brian\u00e7on (France), recovered his sight while searching it. It was on June 20, 1104. Every year since then, that event is celebrated with a procession very important\u00a0in\u00a0Turin.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-inside2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-inside2.jpg\" alt=\"Sanctuary-Consolata-inside2\" width=\"772\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-inside2.jpg 772w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-inside2-300x233.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata-inside2-700x544.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This church\u00a0is\u00a0very beautiful, thanks to Filippo Juvarra and Guarino Guarini, the undulating curves typical of the Baroque have standardized interventions successive in time. A <span style=\"color: #000000;\">peculiarity<\/span>\u00a0is made up of a large number of ex-voto paintings by hand, a sign of gratitude that through the centuries the people of Turin has proven to his beloved protectress.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Recently<\/span>, it also seems to be the most popular destination among tourists visiting the city. To see where is the Sanctuary of the Consolata view the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/?attachment_id=1129\">map of Churches in\u00a0Turin <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facing\u00a0the sanctuary, in the same square, you can taste\u00a0the &#8220;bicerin&#8221;, a typical hot beverage of Turin (similar to a capuccino), right in the historic coffee &#8220;Al bicerin&#8221; (There located since 1763)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Bicerin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Bicerin.jpg\" alt=\"Bicerin\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Bicerin.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Bicerin-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Bicerin-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Bicerin-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/sanctuary-consolata\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/sanctuary-consolata\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1127\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/sanctuary-consolata\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1127\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/sanctuary-consolata\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1127\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/sanctuary-consolata\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>The Sanctuary is located in the homonymous &#8220;Piazza della Consolata&#8221; and is the spiritual heart of Turin. Much loved by the whole city, the\u00a0Madonna of Consolata has an extraordinary story, even if there are documents missing from the early centuries. Piazza della Consolata was already included in the first core of the Roman city and &#8230;<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[25,28,61],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Sanctuary-Consolata.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5cExe-ib","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":548,"url":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/turin\/","url_meta":{"origin":1127,"position":0},"title":"Turin: an ageless Madama","date":"January 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"An ageless Madama, Turin is much more than the sum of its monuments: an urban cosmos teeming with ideas and culture, a large part of its appeal lies in its enchanting geographic position at the foot of the western Alpine arch, watched over by the snow-capped peaks. 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