Tommaso Audisio

Tommaso Audisio (1789–1845) was an Italian priest, student of architecture, and an amateur practitioner of the art.

He was born in Moncalvo, a town near Asti in north-west Italy, in 1789. By profession he was a churchman, parish priest of Villadeati from 1817 until his death. But he is better remembered for his architectural and interior design projects which included a number of churches and furnishings for churches.[1]

Audasio was also responsible for the design of the new seat of the Biblioteca del Seminario in piazza Calabiana, Casale Monferrato (1838).[2] The most important project which has been attributed to him, however, is the Castello di Belvedere at Villadeati. This was commissioned by Giacinto Magrelli as a villa-castle to replace the ancient fortress which dominated the hill-town. Stylistically it is noted for incorporating baroque elements into a neoclassical layout.[3]

Notes
  1. Direzione della Biblioteca Civica Franco Montanari n.d.
  2. Mazza 2002
  3. Comune di Villadeati 2003–2006.
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References
Direzione della Biblioteca Civica Franco Montanari, ed. (n.d.), Personaggi famosi o illustri nativi di Moncalvo o legati alla sua storia, Moncalvo, p. 2.
Mazza, Germana, ed. (2002), Casale città aperta, Casale Monferrato: Museo Civico.
A pamphlet produced for the city open days.


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