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Perched atop a 672-metre hill east of Turin, the Basilica di Superga commands a sweeping 360-degree panorama from the Po plain to the Alpine arc. Designed by Filippo Juvarra and completed in 1731, it is one of Italy's finest High Baroque churches and the burial place of the Savoy dynasty.
Duke Vittorio Amedeo II vowed to build a grand church if Turin was saved during the French siege of 1706. After the city's miraculous victory, he commissioned Juvarra, whose design blends a Roman-style portico with a soaring dome. The basilica took 14 years to build (1717–31).