Giovanni Battista Scapitta (1653-1715) was an

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architect and engineer of the late Baroque period in Northern Italy. He was born in

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. He helped design the church of Santa Caterina, Casale Monferrato. Casale Monferrato-chiesa santa caterina-complesso

One of his most influential designs would turn out to be his spa design for what is now known as the Antiche Terme of

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in the Piedmont. In 1679, a landslide damaged the medieval bath facilities in the town. The ill-fated Duke Carlo Ferdinando of Mantua commissioned Scapitta and the Regia Fabbrica to build new public baths for the thermal waters. The design resembled that of a monastery, with two cloisters around open air pools. The male cloisters had bedrooms: the first floor was reserved for military men. The cloister for women had a chapel dedicated to San Guido, patron of the town.The Baths of Acqui: City Planning and Architecture for Treatment and Leisure
Treatise by Martini, published by Umberto Alemandi & Co.

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