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Vittorio Emanuele Square in Turin. Alinari brothers
210 x 270 mm, bromide print. Italy. Architecture.
In the background the church of Gran Madre di Dio (Great Mother of God) is a Neoclassic-style church dedicated to Mary, Mother of God, on the western bank of the Po River, facing the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele I leading into Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy.
The church was conceived in 1814, after the defeat of Napoleon, to celebrate the return to the throne of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia from the Savoia family, after a 16 years long exile.
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Der Vittorio Emanuele Platz in Torino. Gebrüder Alinari
210 x 270 mm, Bromiddruck.
Italien.
Architektur.
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