Basilica of Maria Ausiliatrice
Aurora
- Location: Basilica of Maria Ausiliatrice
- Address: Piazza Maria Ausiliatrice 32
- E-Mail: m.ausiliatrice@tiscali.it
- Phone#: 011 5224253
- Opening: From 6:30am to noon and from 5pm to 7pm.
- Transportation: Stops 369 and 370 M. Ausiliatrice: line 10N.
Stop 2174 Principe Eugenio: lines 46, 49, 52.
Stop 196 Rondò forca Ovest: lines 3, 16, 52. - Visit lasts: 1 hour (about)
The Marian sanctuary is part of the care facility founded by San Giovanni Bosco around 1865 in the Valdocco district. The building, by Antonio Spezia, has a neo-Palladian façade flanked by tall bell towers. On the dome the statue of the Virgin by Camillo Boggio (1867) is located. Inside, in the right transept, the remains of the founder of the Salesiani order are kept, while around the courtyard the rooms of the first oratory commissioned by the saint to accommodate children and kids are still present.
