Sacra di San Michele

The present cathedral of Pinerolo is on the same site as an older church, built in the 10th century. From the end of the 14th century, the church was completely rebuilt and, as part of this intervention, in 1425 the bell tower, never completed, was built, which in the Middle Ages served as a civic tower. In 1508 the new church was completed and consecrated. In 1748 Pope Benedict XIV erected the diocese of Pinerolo and the church of San Donato was raised to the rank of cathedral. Between 1766 and 1778 the cathedral was restored in the Baroque style.

Susa Cathedral, founded in the 11th century, was a Benedictine abbey until the 17th century. In 1027 Olderico Manfredi II, Marquis of Turin and Susa, founded a Benedictine abbey in Susa. During the Middle Ages, the cathedral was enlarged in two campaigns: the first took place in the 12th century and concerned the façade, which was extended to the walls; the second took place between the 14th and 15th centuries and concerned the apse: in fact, the three apses were rebuilt, as well as the sacristy. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the church was restored with the addition of Baroque decorations. In 1772, when Susa became the seat of the bishop, the church, now deprived of its monastic functions due to the closure of the adjacent Benedictine monastery, was raised to the rank of cathedral. Most of the Baroque additions were removed during the 19th-century renovations, giving the interior of the church a neo-Romanesque appearance.

Santo Volto was built between 2004 and 2006 on a design by Mario Botta. The building draws its inspiration from the industrial district in which it is located, an ancient chimney was even intentionally left beside the church.