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Valdocco (Valdòc in Piedmontese) is a neighborhood of the city of Turin, located in the urban district Aurora . It is bordered by Corso Regina Margherita, Via Cigna, the river Dora and the railway. The name Valdocco comes from the Latin vallis occisorum (Valley of the Slain) since several death sentences were carried out on this site.
The Shrine of Mary Help of Christians was born from the courage of Don Bosco and his great devotion to Our Lady. It is the heart of Salesian work. It is the place of the educational and spiritual maturity of the saint of young people. It contains the bodies of Don Bosco, of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello, co-founder with Don Bosco of the ...
Contacts. Via Maria Ausiliatrice, 32, 10152 Torino (TO) 0115224822. info@museocasadonbosco.it. Leaflet OpenStreetMap. The House Museum of Don Bosco tells the story of a man, Don Bosco, and a place, Valdocco, that changed the history of a city and the lives of thousands of children by giving them a home, a family, a future.
Jul 2, 2021 · (ANS – Turin) – The Basilica of Mary Help of Christians is the jewel in the crown of Don Bosco’s original Oratory in Valdocco (Turin), Italy. Built between 1863 and 1868, it was literally a dream come true for Don Bosco. Begun as a worship space for the boys of the Oratory, it became the centre […]
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RMG - GC28: Valdocco Salesians guide us to rediscovery of our roots and identity; Italy – Feast of Mary Help of Christians in Turin; Italy - Surrounded by flowers, Mary walks the streets of the world; Spain - Mary Help of Christians, a festival celebrated all over the world; Italy – Maria supports the "heroes" of the mission
Projects. Museo Casa Don Bosco. Torino, Italy. 2020. Inaugurated in October 2020, the new Museum Casa Don Bosco in Valdocco, Turin, celebrates the life and work of the priest Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco (1815–1888). Famed humanitarian and Founder of the Salesians and Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior, (Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice) he was ...