Sebastiano Guala

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 painter Pier Francesco Guala (1698–1757).

Works

Churches attributed to Guala include:

At Frassinello^[3]: The chapel of San Bernardo, of unplastered brick and located in the open countryside.^[4]; The chiesa parocchiale dell’Assunta, rebuilt by Guala in 1650/60.
At Casale: San Giuseppe in Via Lanza.^[5]; Santo Stefano (1653) in Piazza Santo Stefano.^[6]; San Filippo in Via Biblioteca.^[7]; 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.
^ See Associazione Turistica Pro Loco (n.d.) for photographs and short descriptions of the churches at Frassinello.
^ Cravino (2004) has a photograph of the chapel near the foot of the page.
^ Cravino (2004)
^ Amelotti 2003, p. 18; Mazza (2002, p. 9).
^ Amelotti (2003, p. 19); Grignolio (1983, pp. 143–146); Mazza (2002, p. 3).
^ Grignolio (1983, pp. 318–9); Legambiente (n.d.).
^ See Grignolio (1983, pp. 347–8); Comune di Livorno Ferraris (n.d.); and Cattedrale di Casale Monferrato (2006).

References

Amelotti, Raffaella (28 March 2003), Inquadramento paesaggistico e storico-culturale del Parco Fluviale del Po vercellese alessandrino (PDF), ENEA
Associazione Turistica Pro Loco (n.d.), Arte, Frassinello Monferrato{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
Cattedrale di Casale Monferrato (2006-11-30), Sant'Evasio, le Reliquie, la leggenda e la storia, archived from the original on 2007-04-22
Comune di Livorno Ferraris (n.d.), Uomini Illustri{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
Cravino, Mario (2004), Frassinello, ilmonferrato.info
Grignolio, Idro (1983), Casale Monferrato, Casale Monferrato: Media editrice
Legambiente (n.d.), "Casale Monferrato", L'Italia del Cigno{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
Liceo Scientifico Palli (n.d.), Pietro Francesco Guala, Casale Monferrato, archived from the original on 2006-05-14{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
Mazza, Germana, ed. (2002), Casale città aperta, Casale Monferrato: Museo Civico

[1] See Cravino (2004). (Santa Maria di Piazza, demolished in the nineteenth century, stood in what is now the eastern part of Piazza Mazzini.)

[2] 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.

[frassinello-3] See Associazione Turistica Pro Loco (n.d.) for photographs and short descriptions of the churches at Frassinello.

[4] Cravino (2004) has a photograph of the chapel near the foot of the page.

[cravino-5] Cravino (2004)

[6] Amelotti 2003, p. 18; Mazza (2002, p. 9).

[7] Amelotti (2003, p. 19); Grignolio (1983, pp. 143–146); Mazza (2002, p. 3).

[8] Grignolio (1983, pp. 318–9); Legambiente (n.d.).

[9] See Grignolio (1983, pp. 347–8); Comune di Livorno Ferraris (n.d.); and Cattedrale di Casale Monferrato (2006).

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