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San Martino Vescovo di Tours, Albiano d'Ivrea

Coordinates: 45°26′01.78″N 7°56′54.48″E / 45.4338278°N 7.9484667°E / 45.4338278; 7.9484667
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San Martino Vescovo
Chiesa di San Martino Vescovo (Italian)
San Martino Vescovo, Albiano d'Ivrea in 2009
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45°26′01.78″N 7°56′54.48″E / 45.4338278°N 7.9484667°E / 45.4338278; 7.9484667
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleRomanesque architecture
Administration
ArchdioceseDiocese of Ivrea

San Martino Vescovo di Tours is a Roman Catholic parish church, located in Albiano d'Ivrea in the Metropolitan City of Turin, region of Piedmont, northern Italy.

History

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A church at the site had been present putatively since the fourth century and later dedicated to St Martin of Tours.

The present church building was designed by Francesco Martinez of Messina, great-grandson of Filippo Juvarra, and built during 1775–1780. The bell-tower dates from the 13th century. It has only five bells since Napoleonic forces confiscated bells in excess of this number from campaniles for scrap metal to use in munitions.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Comune of Albiano d'Ivrea, entry on church.