Marble jewelry @ Chiesa di San Lorenzo

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Marble jewelry

Guarini also worked on the rich polychrome marble frieze that covers the entire lower level of the church. Leaving the Turin tradition of dark tones, he chooses to create an opulent and redundant decoration dominated by a large variety of colored marbles imported from different Italian regions.

Photo by Paolo Mussat Sartor and Paolo Pellion di Persano, 2010.

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