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Chapel of the Holy Shroud
The
Chapel of the Holy Shroud
is a
Baroque
-style Roman Catholic
chapel
in
Turin
in
northern Italy
. Located outside the
Turin Cathedral
and connected to the
Royal Palace of Turin
, the chapel was designed by the architect
Guarino Guarini
and built at the end of the 17th century (1668–94), during the reign of
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
. The chapel was constructed to house the
Shroud of Turin
(
Sindone di Torino
), a religious
relic
believed by many to be the burial shroud of
Jesus of Nazareth
.
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