Giacomo Zanetti [SEP] place of death
Giacomo Zanetti
Giacomo Zanetti (c.1696–1735), born probably in Lugano, was an Italian master builder and architect 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. He completed the two most successful buildings of Giovanni Battista Scapitta, following the architect’s death in 1715: Palazzo Gozzani di Treville
completed after his death by Giacomo Zanetti, it is marked by an elliptical cupola, and a façade curvilinear both in plan and elevation.
Main sights Piazza Castello Teatro Municipale.
The theatre, which stands at the north-eastern corner of the piazza at the end of Via Saffi, opened in 1791 with a performance of the "La moglie capricciosa", an opera buffa by Vincenzo Fabrizi. Its construction, to a design by Abbot Agostino Vitoli of Spoleto, had taken six years. However it fell into disuse during the