Qualla: Basilica of Superga https://qualla.com/basilica-of-superga en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/j/8/basilica-of-superga-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Basilica of Superga https://qualla.com/basilica-of-superga Basilica of Superga: Introduction https://qualla.com/basilica-of-superga/ Photo credit Geobia, CC BY-SA 3.0. On September 2, 1706, Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and Prince Eugene of Savoy climbed the hill of Superga to survey the Franco-Spanish armies besieging Turin below. Victor Amadeus knelt and swore an oath: if God granted victory, he would build a monument to the Virgin Mary on this very spot. Five days later, from dawn to early afternoon, Piedmontese and allied forces clashed with the French across the fields of Lucento and Madonna di Campagna. By nightfall, the siege was broken. The duke kept his promise.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/j/8/basilica-of-superga-wp/u0j8-basilica-of-superga-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Basilica of Superga: Juvarra's Crown on the Hill https://qualla.com/basilica-of-superga/ Photo credit Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0. Victor Amadeus entrusted his vow to Filippo Juvarra, a Sicilian-born architect who had spent a decade studying in Rome. Juvarra drew freely on what he had absorbed there. The dome, completed in 1726, echoes Michelangelo's work at St. Peter's Basilica -- no coincidence for an arch...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/j/8/basilica-of-superga-wp/u0j8-basilica-of-superga-juvarras-crown-on-the-hill.mp3 0:06 2 full Basilica of Superga: A Dynasty's Resting Place https://qualla.com/basilica-of-superga/ Photo credit Incola, CC BY-SA 3.0. Beneath the basilica's polished floors lies the Royal Crypt of Superga, the traditional burial place of the House of Savoy. Here rest the dukes, kings of Sardinia, and eventually kings of a unified Italy -- generation after generation of the dynasty that shaped Piedmont and, ulti...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/j/8/basilica-of-superga-wp/u0j8-basilica-of-superga-a-dynastys-resting-place.mp3 0:06 3 full Basilica of Superga: The Triangle of Power https://qualla.com/basilica-of-superga/ Photo credit Paris Orlando, CC BY-SA 4.0. Victor Amadeus did not choose this hilltop by accident. The Basilica of Superga was intended as more than a devotional monument -- it was a statement of dynastic authority, visible from anywhere in Turin. The duke positioned it to maintain a direct line of sight to the Castle of ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/j/8/basilica-of-superga-wp/u0j8-basilica-of-superga-the-triangle-of-power.mp3 0:06 4 full Basilica of Superga: Shadow on the Hill https://qualla.com/basilica-of-superga/ Photo credit Eldamri, CC0. On May 4, 1949, the rear retaining wall of the Basilica became the site of Italy's most devastating sporting tragedy. A Fiat G.212 airliner carrying the entire Torino football team -- the legendary Grande Torino, five-time consecutive Serie A champions and the backbone of Italy's...

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