Sebastiano Guala was an Italian church
architect active between 1640 and 1680 in the area of
Casale Monferrato, then capital of the
Gonzaga-ruled state of
Montferrat. He was born into a prominent family of
Frassinello Monferrato and became a
canon of the Collegiata di Santa Maria di Piazza in Casale.[1] It has been thought probable[2] that he belonged to the same family as the Casalese
painterPier Francesco Guala (1698–1757).
Santa Maria sulle Mura (also Madonna di Pompei and La Madonnina) in Viale Morozzo, with a secondary entrance from Via Saletta, was built in 1675 to contain a fresco of the Madonna upon which ‘miraculous’ tears had been observed. The image, which also depicts the infant Jesus and
Saint Evasio, was painted in 1615 by
Selvino Bolognesi.[8]
At Pozzo Sant’Evasio
The small church of Pozzo Sant’Evasio, near Casale, was built in 1666/1670 on the site of the miraculous fountain of
Saint Evasio to commemorate a 1640 victory over the
Spanish forces which were besieging Casale. The patron was Giovanni Domenico Polatto, president of the senate at Casale.[9]
Notes and references
^See
Cravino (2004). (Santa Maria di Piazza, demolished in the nineteenth century, stood in what is now the eastern part of Piazza Mazzini.)
^The kinship is suggested in
Liceo Scientifico Palli (n.d.), pointing to the rarity of Guala as a family name in the baptismal records in Casale.
Sebastiano Guala was an Italian church
architect active between 1640 and 1680 in the area of
Casale Monferrato, then capital of the
Gonzaga-ruled state of
Montferrat. He was born into a prominent family of
Frassinello Monferrato and became a
canon of the Collegiata di Santa Maria di Piazza in Casale.[1] It has been thought probable[2] that he belonged to the same family as the Casalese
painterPier Francesco Guala (1698–1757).
Santa Maria sulle Mura (also Madonna di Pompei and La Madonnina) in Viale Morozzo, with a secondary entrance from Via Saletta, was built in 1675 to contain a fresco of the Madonna upon which ‘miraculous’ tears had been observed. The image, which also depicts the infant Jesus and
Saint Evasio, was painted in 1615 by
Selvino Bolognesi.[8]
At Pozzo Sant’Evasio
The small church of Pozzo Sant’Evasio, near Casale, was built in 1666/1670 on the site of the miraculous fountain of
Saint Evasio to commemorate a 1640 victory over the
Spanish forces which were besieging Casale. The patron was Giovanni Domenico Polatto, president of the senate at Casale.[9]
Notes and references
^See
Cravino (2004). (Santa Maria di Piazza, demolished in the nineteenth century, stood in what is now the eastern part of Piazza Mazzini.)
^The kinship is suggested in
Liceo Scientifico Palli (n.d.), pointing to the rarity of Guala as a family name in the baptismal records in Casale.