The Control over Boundaries of Sacred Space: Ecclesiastical Architecture and Cities in Eighteenth-Century Savoyard State ; Il controllo sui confini dello spazio sacro: architettura ecclesiastica e città nello Stato sabaudo del XVIII secolo

In the Modern Age the relationship between ecclesiastical architecture and the city was regulated by symbolic and material boundaries. These were aimed at reaffirming the sacredness of the physical place, connected to the real presence of Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist, according to the dictates of the Council of Trent. Such boundaries also identified jurisdictional, proprietary and fiscal privileges. In fact, ancient rights of immunity, considered inviolable, characterized the ecclesiastical spaces: rights of real immunity, which excluded ecclesiastical property from the payment of... Mehr ...