Italy Guide
Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta
The Duomo
Behind the Palazzo Reale – and reached through a small passage – is the fifteenth-century Duomo Opening time: daily 8am– noon & 3–7pmAddress: Via XX Settembre, the only example of Renaissance architecture in Turin. It was severely damaged in a fire in 1997 but is open again to visitors and worshippers. It is most famous as the home of the Turin Shroud thought to have been used to wrap the body of Christ. Most of the time you can't see the shroud itself; it is locked away and officially only on display once every 25 years. However, it is sometimes brought out for special occasions (it's worth checking at the tourist office). If you don't get to see the real thing, head to the left of the nave, where there's a photographic reproduction, on which the face of a bearded man, crowned with thorns, is clearly visible.