Basilica dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro

The Basilica of Saints Maurice and Lazarus in Turin, known as the Mauriziana, was built for the Confraternity of the Holy Cross and later became associated with the Savoy order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.

Why it matters

The basilica brings together the history of a civic confraternity and a dynastic chivalric order. Built between 1679 and 1699 by Antonio Bettino, it passed to the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus in 1729. Its single wide nave preserves Baroque and later decoration, including a large fresco of the Triumph of the Cross.

What to notice

The neoclassical façade is a later redesign by Carlo Bernardo Mosca. Statues of Saints Maurice and Lazarus flank it. Inside, the broad nave is dominated by the fresco of the Triumph of the Cross. Funerary and votive monuments record the history of the confraternity and the order.

Context and history

The church was built on the site of an earlier temple by the Confraternity of the Holy Cross and completed in 1699. In 1729 the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus took it over, linking the basilica to the religious and dynastic institutions of the House of Savoy. The church stands near Piazza Castello and the beginning of Via Po, within Turin's historic centre.