Religious Art

The Susa Valley is a land rich in history with a great artistic heritage.

Abbeys e monasteries

The tour of the abbeys and monasteries is a particularity of the Susa Valley. Since the Middle Age, this territory was characterized by the presence of numerous monastic institutions that have profoundly shaped the culture and the life of this land. Besides the three great Benedictine abbeys (S. Michael at the Locks, S. Justus of Susa, SS. Peter and Andrew of Novalesa) we should not forget the Augustinians monasteries of S. Lawrence in Oulx and St. Mary at Mont-Cenis pass, the Carthusians in Montebenedetto and Banda, the Franciscans in Susa and Avigliana.

Fresco cycles

Susa Valley is particularly rich in frescoed cycles. The majority of those paintings, many of which recently restored, date back to the 15th and 16th Century. However, some of the paintings, such as those of the Novalesa Abbey, date as early as the end of the 11th century. The frescos can often be found on the outer walls of countryside chapels set in attractive and natural surroundings. Many frescoes though can be seen on the interior walls of sacred buildings, around the altar, depicting scenes of Christ’s life, along with the Saint Patrons and the Saints Those paintings represent the history of the Christian faith in this territory.

Diocesan Museum System

The itinerary comprises the network of sacred art museums located throughout the Susa Valley and headed by the Museum of Sacred Art of Susa, which collect and exhibit a significant wealth of sculptures, goldsmith’s art, paintings and vestments produced by Italian and European artists. Also the Museum Collection located at the old church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Avigliana participates to the network.

Museum collections

The ancient church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Avigliana displays a collection of 50 religious life-size plaster and bronze statues made by the artist Elsa Veglio Turino (1921-1986).

Parish churches

Ancient churches that represents, today as in the past, a reference for entire communities. They are characterized by historical, artistic, architectural and cultural value. Many of them are included in the cultural itineraries of the Susa Valley, from the Romanesque to the Baroque, passing through the Via Francigena ...

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Avigliana	Charterhouse of Avigliana
Avigliana	Church of S. Maria Maggiore in Borgo Vecchio
Avigliana	Church of San Giovanni
Avigliana	Church of San Pietro
Avigliana	Chiesa e Priorato di San Bartolomeo al Lago Piccolo di Avigliana
Avigliana	Shroud images - Madonna dei Laghi Sanctuary painting
Avigliana	Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Laghi
Bardonecchia	Chapel of SS. Andrea and Giacomo at Horres
Bardonecchia	Chapel of Notre Dame of Coignet
Bardonecchia	Chapel of San Sisto at Melezet
Bardonecchia	Chapel of Santa Maria Maddalena and Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
Bardonecchia	Church of San Pietro apostolo at Rochemolles
Bardonecchia	Church of Sant'Antonio Abate at Melezet
Bardonecchia	Shroud images - Fresco of Chaffaux chapel
Bardonecchia	Shroud images - Fresco Church of San Pietro Rochemolles
Bardonecchia	Shroud images - Print on silk melezet Museum
Bardonecchia	Museum of Religious Alpine Art of Melezet
Bussoleno	Chapel of Madonna delle Grazie in Foresto
Buttigliera Alta	Shroud images - Fresco Christ of Sorrow
Buttigliera Alta	Preceptory of St. Anthony of Ranverso
Chiomonte	Chapel of Sant'Andrea of Ramats
Condove	Chapel of San Grato alla Rocca
Condove	Church of San Rocco
Condove	Shroud images - fresco of San Carlo Borromeo
Exilles	Chapel of San Biagio and San Pietro
Exilles	Parish church of San Pietro and Paolo
Giaglione	Chapel of Santo Stefano
Giaglione	Museum of Alpine Religious Art
Gravere	Charterhouse of Madonna della Losa
Novalesa	Benedictine Abbey of SS. Pietro and Andrea
Novalesa	Chapel of Blessed Sacrament
Novalesa	Parish church of Santo Stefano
Novalesa	Shroud images - painting on canvas Museum of Sacred Art Novalesa
Novalesa	Shroud images - fresco of chapel at Borgetto
Novalesa	Museum of Alpine Religious Art
Oulx	Chapel of San Bernardo at Costans
Oulx	Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Beaulard
Oulx	Parish church of S. Gregorio Magno in Savoulx
Salbertrand	Chapel of Annunciation at Oulme
Salbertrand	Parish church of San Giovanni Battista
Salbertrand	Dieu Hotel
San Giorio di Susa	Chapel of San Lorenzo
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino	Parish church of San Giovanni Vincenzo
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino	Shroud images - Assumption fresco of Sacra di San Michele
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino	Sacra di San Michele
Sauze d'Oulx	Chapel of Sant'Antonio at Jouvenceaux
Sauze d'Oulx	Parish church of San Giovanni Battista
Sauze di Cesana	Church of San Restituto
Susa	Cathedral of San Giusto
Susa	Convent of San Francesco
Susa	Shroud images - fresco of the Shroud
Susa	Shroud images - fresco of the Shroud at San Giuliano
Susa	Shroud images - painting on canvas Cathedral of San Giusto
Susa	Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
Venaus	Shroud images - fresco Exhibition of the Shroud
Villar Dora	Chapel of San Pancrazio
Villar Dora	Shroud images - fresco in the Castle of Villar Dora
Villar Focchiardo	Charterhouse of Montebenedetto
Villar Focchiardo	Parish church of S. Maria Assunta