Giacomo Zanetti (c.1696–1735), born probably in
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
, was an Italian
master builder
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Historically, the term has generally referred to "the head of a construction project in the ...
and
architect
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active in
Casale Monferrato.
He was responsible for some of the most interesting
baroque buildings constructed in the town during the years following the
House of Savoy’s 1708 acquisition of the
Duchy of Montferrat from the
Gonzagas and the incorporation of the former capital into the state of
Piedmont-Sardinia
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. He completed the two most successful buildings of
Giovanni Battista Scapitta, following the architect's death in 1715: Palazzo Gozzani di Treville (in Via Mameli; designed in 1711) and the rebuilding of the convent church of
Santa Caterina, Casale Monferrato (consecrated in 1726). He also worked on the
Palazzi Sannazzaro (Via Mameli), Magnocavalli (Via Mameli), Ardizzone (Via Palestro) and Palazzo Grisella di Rosignano (Via Garibaldi).
Giacomo Zanetti died at Casale in 1735.
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1698 births
1735 deaths
People from Casale Monferrato
People from Lugano
Italian Baroque architects
Architects from Ticino
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