{"id":1688,"date":"2015-09-25T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valdesina.it\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2016-02-12T00:01:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T23:01:31","slug":"angrogna-administrative-centre-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/2015\/09\/25\/angrogna-administrative-centre-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Angrogna administrative centre temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi!
\nToday I am in Angrogna (in Torino province) to tell you something about the Waldesian temple which rises up in the middle of the town. As you can see, the name of the temple is traditionally \u201che one of the centre\u201d, to distinguish from another Waldesian religious building located in the same town, and, because it\u2019s a Protestant worship place, it\u2019s not associated to the name of the hamlet, which is\u00a0San Lorenzo<\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"Here<\/a>
Here I am in San Lorenzo, the administrative centre of Angrogna!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is said that this is the oldest temple in the Waldesian valleys and in the whole Italy, because the earliest historical statements talking about it tell us that it had been built in 1555 on the basis of a small chapel.
\nIts history is troubled: it was destroyed in 1561 and immediately rebuilt after the Cavour Agreement<\/a><\/span>, devasted again in 1655 during the so-called Pasque piemontesi<\/a><\/span> (literally \u201cPiedmontese Easters\u201d) and a third time in 1686<\/a><\/span>. Only in 1708 it was reconstructed on the ruins of the older one. In the meanwhile, the rituals took place in a small cabin.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The nice fa\u00e7ade of the Waldesian temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Nineteenth century it was in an awful condition: the windows hadn\u2019t glasses anymore and were closed by greaseproof paper, and the floor was deprived from tiles, and so on the ground \u2013 where wedding and baptisms took place \u2013 you could see the tracks and the footprints of the observants. Moreover, there wasn neither the ceil nor a heating system.
\nThanks to a benefactor, in 1847 it became possible to proceed with a first restoration, and in 1880 a fence was erected to stop the livestock which used to graze in the temple\u2019s garden.<\/p>\n

\"And<\/a>
And now I take a walk into the garden…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How to get here:<\/strong>
\nfrom Provincial Road 161, between Torre Pellice and Luserna San Giovanni, at the roundabout take the road to Angrogna; follow the road and you\u2019ll get to the main square of San Lorenzo, then turn to right. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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