Ernesto Ganelli

Ernesto Ganelli (24 February 1901 – 9 September 1985) was an Italian civil engineer who designed various public and religious buildings in Tuscany.[1]

Ernesto Ganelli
Born(1901-02-24)24 February 1901
Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
Died9 September 1985(1985-09-09) (aged 84)
Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
OccupationCivil engineer

Biography

Born in Alessandria, Ganelli graduated in civil engineering at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1924.[1] He moved to Grosseto, Tuscany, where he became one of the most influential civil engineers and architects of that city.[1] In his career he designed hundreds of public, religious and private buildings in southern Tuscany, and he designed almost all of the churches built in the dioceses of Grosseto and Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello during the 20th century.[1]

Works (selection)
The Basilica of Sacro Cuore di Gesù in Grosseto
  • Palazzo ONMI (1933–1934) in Grosseto
  • Elementary School (1934) in Sassofortino
  • Restoration of Palazzo Stella d'Italia (1934) in Grosseto
  • Episcopal Seminary (1934–1936) in Grosseto
  • Church of San Giuseppe (1935–1940) in Grosseto
  • Church of San Guglielmo d'Aquitania (1935–1940) in Braccagni
  • Clergy house of the Grosseto Cathedral (1936) in Grosseto
  • Orphanage for boys "Giuseppe Garibaldi" (1936) in Grosseto
  • Orphanage for girls "San Lorenzo" (1936) in Grosseto
  • Church of Medaglia Miracolosa (1936–1937) a Grosseto
  • Episcopal Seminary (1936) in Roccatederighi
  • Church of Santi Paolo e Barbara (1938–1941) in Ribolla
  • Church of San Rocco (1946–1948) in Marina di Grosseto
  • Church of San Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo (1946–1951) in Grosseto
  • Medical Dispensary (1948–1952) in Massa Marittima
  • Villa Pizzetti Hospital (1948–1952) in Grosseto
  • Agricultural Technical Institute (1949–1953) in Grosseto
  • Church of Santa Maria Ausliatrice (1950) in Marrucheti
  • Medical Dispensary (1950-1955) in Orbetello
  • Church of Santa Maria Goretti (1951–1952) in Fonteblanda
  • Retirement home "Francini" (1952) in Grosseto
  • Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (1953–1957) in Albinia
  • Basilica of Sacro Cuore di Gesù (1954–1958) in Grosseto
  • Church of Apparizione (1956) in Montenero, Livorno
  • Church of San Giuseppe Lavoratore (1956–1957) in Bagno di Gavorrano
  • Church of Santi Lorenzo e Mamiliano (1958) in Giglio Porto
  • Church of Santa Margherita (1958) in Poggi del Sasso
  • Church of Madonna del Rosario (1958) in Pian d'Alma
  • Church of San Donato (1958–1961) in San Donato
  • Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (1959) in Bagnore
  • Church of San Giovanni (1963) in Semproniano
  • Restoration of the church of Misercordia (1968) in Grosseto

References
  1. "Ganelli Ernesto". Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2020.

Bibliography
  • Guerrini, Giuseppe (1996). La Diocesi di Grosseto. Parrocchie, chiese e altri luoghi di culto, dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Roccastrada: Il mio amico.
  • Elisabetta Insabato; Cecilia Ghelli, eds. (2007). Guida agli archivi di architetti e ingegneri del Novecento in Toscana. Florence: Edifir.
  • Catalani, Barbara; Del Francia, Marco; Tombari, Giovanni (2011). Itinerari di architettura contemporanea. Grosseto e provincia. Pisa: Edizioni ETS.
  • Enrico Crispolti; Anna Mazzanti; Luca Quattrocchi, eds. (2005). Arte in Maremma nella prima metà del Novecento. Milan: Silvana Editoriale.
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