Ernesto Ganelli

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

Biography

Born in Alessandria, Ganelli graduated in civil engineering at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1924. He moved to Grosseto, Tuscany, where he became one of the most influential civil engineers and architects of that city. 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.

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

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20th-century Italian engineers

Architects from Tuscany

Italian civil engineers

1901 births

1985 deaths

People from Grosseto