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Church of San Giovanni Battista

Church of San Giovanni Battista

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Church of San Giovanni Battista

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Location: Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy

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1. Historic Center of Alba – Piazza Michele Ferrero loop from Alba

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2. Piazza Michele Ferrero – Historic Center of Alba loop from San Cassiano

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3. Church of the Maddalena – Tanaro River loop from Alba

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

June 26, 2022

The Church of San Giovanni Battista is, after the Cathedral of San Lorenzo and the now disappeared Santa Maria del Ponte, the oldest church in Alba.
The church now serves as an art gallery of sacred art. The aim is to show back the accumulated ecclesiastical wealth.

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JakobusPilger

October 18, 2022

Saint John the Baptist (San Giovanni Battista), to whom this church was dedicated, is - like Saint Joseph - a man on the threshold of the Old and New Testaments. His parents are Zechariah and Elisabeth. After the proclamation of God's incarnation, the Mother of God visits her relative Elisabeth, who will give birth to a son in old age, John the Baptist. This is half a year older than Jesus and is considered his forerunner / pioneer. He lives in the desert, preaches the repentance of sins to the Jewish population and baptizes them in the Jordan, where Jesus also comes to be baptized, being filled with the Holy Spirit that descends on him from heaven.
The commemoration day of San Giovanni Battista in the calendar of saints is on June 24th, exactly half a year before 'Christmas Eve'.

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Church of San Giovanni Battista

1. Historic Center of Alba – Piazza Michele Ferrero loop from Alba

2. Piazza Michele Ferrero – Historic Center of Alba loop from San Cassiano

3. Church of the Maddalena – Tanaro River loop from Alba

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