Itinerary 3 - The fresco cycles of the Susa Valley
By carThe Susa Valley is one of the alpine territories richest in fresco testimonies.
This itinerary allows you to discover, throughout the valley, numerous churches and rural chapels, decorated with high-level pictorial cycles, dating from the 11th to the 18th century, from the Chapel of the Count of San Giorio to the 16th-century fresco cycles of Salbertrand (Parish Church, Chapel of the Annunciation of Oulme, and Hotel Dieu) reaching Bardonecchia, with the rural chapels of Les Arnauds, Melezet, Horres, Chaffaux, the church and votive pillars of Rochemolles.
Chapel of the Count, San Giorio di Susa - Crucifixion
Gallery
St. Mary Magdalene and St. Catherine of Alexandria at Chaffaux - St. Catherine of Alexandria
St. Mary Magdalene and St. Catherine of Alexandria at Chaffaux - St. Catherine of Alexandria
N.D. du Coignet, Bardonecchia - Deposition from the Cross
N.D. du Coignet, Bardonecchia - Deposition from the Cross
Cappella dell'Oulme, Salbertrand - External Frescoes: Annunciation and Saint Christopher
Cappella dell'Oulme, Salbertrand - External Frescoes: Annunciation and Saint Christopher
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