Sebastiano Guala was an Italian church

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active between 1640 and 1680 in the area of

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, then capital of the Gonzaga-ruled state of

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. He was born into a prominent family of

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and became a

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of the Collegiata di Santa Maria di Piazza in Casale. It has been thought probable that he belonged to the same family as the Casalese

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Pier Francesco Guala Pier Francesco Guala (15 September 1698 – 27 February 1757), also known as Pierfrancesco and Pietro Francesco, was an eighteenth-century Italian painter active for the most part in the region of his place of birth, Casale Monferrato. Guala wa ...

(1698–1757).

Works

Churches attributed to Guala include: ;At FrassinelloSee for photographs and short descriptions of the churches at Frassinello. : The chapel of San Bernardo, of unplastered brick and located in the open countryside. : The chiesa parocchiale dell’Assunta, rebuilt by Guala in 1650/60. ;At Casale : San Giuseppe in Via Lanza. : Santo Stefano (1653) in Piazza Santo Stefano. : San Filippo in Via Biblioteca. : 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. ;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

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forces which were besieging Casale. The patron was Giovanni Domenico Polatto, president of the senate at Casale.See ; ; and .

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* * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guala, Sebastiano 17th-century Italian architects People from the Province of Alessandria Monferrato Italian Baroque architects Italian ecclesiastical architects Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown