Up To The Bell Tower

Finally, we made it up to the bell tower of the Cathedral, San Giovanni Church.

Panorama View from the top of the Bell Tower

It was not because of the 200 plus steps that we had to climb, but just couldn't find the right time to pay a visit and also it opens only from Friday to Monday, and also it was closed due to the Covid.

Inside the top of the Bell Tower

The bell tower was built between 1468 and 1469 by the bishop Giovanni de Compey. In the lower part it has frames without arches, in the first order there are single-lancet windows with pointed arches, decorated with terracotta tile.

 View of The Cupola of the Cathedral, the Cupola of Chapel of the Holy Shroud and The Mole Antonelliana at the far end.

Recently restored, the bell tower is part of the tour of the Diocesan Museum. The bell tower was built in the second half of the fifteenth century by the will of the bishop Giovanni di Compey to accompany the bishop's complex then existing. 

 View of Turin's center from the top of the Bell Tower

Between 1720 and 1722 the court architect Filippo Juvarra worked on the crowning and the dome, but the works were interrupted before the latter was built. The tower thus took on its present appearance: a brick construction that ends with a baroque belfry in stucco and stone.  

 View of the Bell Tower beside the Cathedral

Thanks to the underground gallery that connects the Tower to the Lower Church of the Duomo, it is possible to access it and reach the belfry, over 43 meters high. From the top it is possible to admire an exceptional panorama: the city of Turin seen from above, surrounded by the Alps.  

Location: La Torre Campanaria