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

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)

• 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

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.

External links

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

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