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PalazzoMadama
L’ostensione della Sindone
del 1815 avvenne dai balconi
di Palazzo Madama.
Giovanni Lanza, La Santissima
Sindone del Signore che si venera
nellaR. Cappelladi Torino: notizie
e considerazioni, Roux Frassati,
Torino 1898
L’ultima ostensione del XIX
secolo avvenne nel 1898:
l’anno dell’esposizione nazionale
alla quale si affiancò la mostra
di Arte Sacra.
leggi su
leggi su
The exhibition
in the history of the city
—
From rare privilege for few ones
to mass pilgrimage
In 1562 Emmanuel Philibert moved the capital of the
Duchy of Savoy from Chambéry to Turin and sixteen
years later he brought the Shroud. The transfer of the
relic definitely strengthened the Turin's role of capital.
The Shroud was exposed for veneration each year on
May, 4th . However, epidemics, wars and exceptional
events prevented the regularity of its expositions.
In 1706, during the siege by the French, the Shroud was
taken for safe-keeping to Genoa.
Rare private showing also took place: in particular in
1798 in the royal apartment of Charles Emanuel IV.
Public exhibition of the Shroud were hold in a wooden
pavilion in Piazzetta Reale, but in 1811 a fire destroyed
the structure.
In 1931 another public exhibition took place for the
marriage of Umberto of Savoy and Maria Jose of Belgium.
From 1939 to 1946 the Shroud was transferred for
safekeeping to the Benedictine Abbey of Montevergine
located at Avellino: for a long time the public display of
the shroud was denied.
The public showing scheduled for August, 26th to
October, 8th 1978 was a powerful mass-phenomenon:
the first one of the post-war period that allowed the
first study and evaluation of the society. The number
of visitors was the highest ever recorded. Turin had a
turnover amounting to around thirty billion Lire.
Finally, the showing of 1978 has been a strong bridge
between the past and the future, in a society where the
development was well under way. ■
La cappella ove viene
custodita la S. Sindone, 1978.
Archivio Storico della
Città di Torino.
■ 2002
Il Lenzuolo è sottoposto a un
importante restauro durante il quale
vengono rimossi il telo d’Olanda
e le toppe cuciti dalle Clarisse di
Chambéry dopo l’incendio del 1532.
In occasione dell’ostensione del 2010
è stato possibile vederlo per la prima
volta dopo il restauro.
/ The holy Cloth underwent a
remarkable restoration. In 2010, on
the occasion of the Exposition of the
Holy Shroud, people had their first
opportunity to see the relic since the
restoration of 2002.
The Shroud was exposed
for veneration each year
onMay, 4th
CRONOLOGIA DELLA SINDONE
/
CRONOLOGY OF THE SHROUD
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