Comune di Casale Monferrato
Via Lanza
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Casale Monferrato in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Province of Alessandria (AL)
Mayor	Paolo Mascarino  (centre-left, elected June 13, 2004)
Elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Area	86. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Alessandria (Italian Provincia di Alessandria) is an Italian province, with a Population of some 430000 which forms the southeastern Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for 32 km² (33 sq mi)[1]
Population (as of 30 June 2007)
- Total	36,081[2]
- Density	418/km² (1,083/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	45°08′N, 08°27′E
Gentilic	Casalesi
Dialing code	0142
Postal code	15033
Frazioni	Casale Popolo, Rolasco, Roncaglia, San Germano, Santa Maria del Tempio, Terranova, Vialarda [2]
Patron	Sant’Evasio
- Day	November 12
Website: www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it

Casale Monferrato is a town in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Saint Evasius ( Sant'Evasio; probably Third century AD is believed to have been a Missionary and Bishop of Asti, in north-west Italy Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Province of Alessandria (Italian Provincia di Alessandria) is an Italian province, with a Population of some 430000 which forms the southeastern It is situated about 60 km east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Monferrato hills. The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering Montferrat (in Piemontèis, Monfrà; in Italian, Monferrato) is part of the region of Piedmont in Northern Italy. Beyond the river lies the vast plain of the Po valley.

Contents 1 History 2 The historic centre 2.1 Piazza Mazzini and its environs 2.1.1 The duomo 2.1.2 San Domenico 2.1.3 Via Lanza 2.1.4 Via Saffi 2.2 Piazza Castello 2.2.1 The castle 2.2.2 Santa Caterina 2.2.3 Teatro Municipale 2.2.4 Via Garibaldi and Sant’Ilario 2.3 Via Roma, ghetto and synagogue 2.4 The Giardini pubblici and public sculpture 2.5 Palazzi 2.6 Museums and galleries 3 Music 4 Economy 5 Sport 6 Events 7 Notable Casalesi 8 Fictional Casale 9 References and footnotes 10 External links

History

The origins of the town are fairly obscure. The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering It is known that the Gaulish settlement of Vardacate (from var = ‘water’; ate = ‘populated place’) existed on the Po in this area, and that it became a Roman municipium. Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western A municipium (pl municipia) belonged to the second highest class of Roman cities being By the beginning of the eighth century there was a small town under Lombard rule, probably called Sedula or Sedulia. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from It was here (according to late and unreliable accounts) that one Saint Evasius, along with 146 followers, was decapitated on the orders of the Arian Duke Attabulo. Saint Evasius ( Sant'Evasio; probably Third century AD is believed to have been a Missionary and Bishop of Asti, in north-west Italy Liutprand, King of the Lombards is said to have supported the construction of a church in honour of Evasius. Liutprand was the king of the Lombards from 712 to 744 and is chiefly remembered for his Donation of Sutri, in 728 and his long reign which brought him into a series Certainly the martyr’s cult flourished and by 988 the town had become known as Casale di Sant’Evasio.

At the time of Charlemagne, the town came under the temporal and religious power of the bishops of Vercelli, from which it was freed by Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Italy. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Vercelli ( Varséj in Piedmontese) is a City of about 50000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli in Piedmont in northern Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned The Holy Roman Emperor (Römischer Kaiser or Römisch-Deutscher Kaiser Romanorum Imperator was the elected monarch ruling over the many varying numbers of states It was sacked by the anti-imperial troops of Vercelli, Alessandria and Milan in 1215, but rebuilt and fortified in 1220. Vercelli ( Varséj in Piedmontese) is a City of about 50000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli in Piedmont in northern Alessandria ( Lissandria in Piedmontese) is a city in Piedmont Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It fell under the power of the Marquess of Montferrat in 1292, and later became the capital of the marquessate. The Marquises and Dukes of Montferrat were the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin called Montferrat.

In 1536 it passed to the Gonzagas of Mantua, who fortified it strongly. The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708. Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the Thereafter it was of considerable importance as a fortress: it successfully resisted the Austrians in 1849, and was strengthened in 1852. For the history of these states before 1804 see Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and articles on each of the component countries. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Towards the end of the nineteenth century it became known as "Cement Capital" (capitale del cemento), thanks to the quantity of Portland cement in the hills nearby, and in the twentieth century it acquired printing press and refrigerator industries. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Portland cement is the most common type of Cement in general usage in many parts of the world as it is a basic ingredient of Concrete, mortar, Stucco The twentieth century of the Common Era began on A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a medium (such as paper or cloth thereby transferring an image A refrigerator (often called a " fridge " for short is a cooling appliance comprising a thermally insulated compartment and a Heat pump -

The historic centre

Piazza Mazzini and its environs

The historic centre of the town is itself centred on Piazza Mazzini, the site of the Roman forum. The Forum was the public space in the middle of a Roman city It had a great social importance and was often the scene of diverse activities including political discussions ^[3] Named for Giuseppe Mazzini, a key republican figure of the Risorgimento, it is dominated by an 1843 equestrian statue by Abbondio Sangiorgio of Carlo Alberto, King of Piedmont-Sardinia, dressed in Roman costume, specifically as a senator, with his knees uncovered. Giuseppe Mazzini ( June 22, 1805, Genoa, Italy - March 10, 1872, Pisa, Italy was an Italian Patriot Italian Unification ( Italian: il Risorgimento, or "The Resurgence" was the political and social movement that unified different states of the Italian An equestrian statue is a Statue of a Horse -mounted rider The term is from the Latin " eques," meaning " Knight Abbondio Sangiorgio ( 16 July 1798 – 2 November 1879) was an Italian Sculptor. Biography He was born in Turin in 1798 to Charles Emmanuel of Savoy 6th Prince of Carignano and Albertina Maria Cristina of Saxony. Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the Clothing in ancient Rome generally consisted of the Toga, the Stola, Brooches for these and Breeches Primary Materials The statue was commissioned by the municipal authorities as a mark of gratitude to the king for having selected Casale as the seat of Piedmont’s second Court of Appeal—a restoration, in some sense, of the old senate of Monferrato—and to celebrate the construction of Casale’s first permanent bridge across the Po. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal Locally the square is invariably called Piazza Cavallo: cavallo being the Italian word for ‘horse’.

The duomo

A little to the east of the square is the fine Lombard Romanesque cathedral of Sant'Evasio, originally founded in 742, rebuilt in the early twelfth century and consecrated in 1106 or 1107; it underwent restoration in 1706 and again in the 19th century. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar It contains some good pictures, and the relics of Saint Evasius, but is probably most notable for its remarkable narthex. The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area located at the end of the Nave, at the far end from the church's main Altar.

San Domenico

In 1471, after Guglielmo VIII Paleologo had chosen Casale as the permanent location of the Monferrato court, construction began of the church of San Domenico, to the north of Piazza Mazzini. William VIII Palaiologos ( July 19, 1420 - February 27, 1483) was the Marquess of Montferrat from 1464 until his death Work on the building ceased for some time, as a result of political instability; in the early sixteenth century a fine, if slightly incongruous, Renaissance portal was imposed on the late Gothic façade. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period.

Via Lanza

Via Lanza, which runs northwards from the north-west corner of Piazza Mazzini, is known for the Krumiri Rossi bakery, which indeed produces Krumiri: biscuits which have been a speciality of Casale since their legendary invention in 1870 by one Domenico Rossi after an evening spent with friends in Piazza Mazzini’s Caffè della Concordia (now a bank). A bakery (also called baker's or bakehouse) is an establishment which produces or/and sells Bread, pies pastries Cakes Biscuits Also in Via Lanza is the seventeenth-century church of San Giuseppe, probably designed by Sebastiano Guala; a painting attributed to the Ursuline nun Lucrina Fetti (c. Sebastiano Guala was an Italian church Architect active in the years 1640–1680 in the area of Casale Monferrato, then capital of the Gonzaga 1614–1651^[4], brother of Domenico) shows Christ venerated by Sant’Evasio and includes a very accurate depiction of contemporary Casale with its civic tower. Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti c 1589 – 1623 was an Italian Baroque painter active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice. The church and convent of San Francesco, which housed the remains of many of the Marquises of Monferrato, was turned to other uses during the eighteenth century and demolished in the nineteenth. The high open tower which is a landmark of Via Lanza belongs to Palazzo Morelli di Popolo; it has been attributed to Bernardo Vittone, and also to Magnocavalli—both are believed to have had a hand in the refurbishment of the building. Bernardo Antonio Vittone (1702 - October 19 1770 was an Italian architect of the Rococo period active mainly in his natal region of the Piedmont.

Via Saffi

Running west from Piazza Mazzini to Piazza Castello is Via Saffi, which contains one of the town’s most recognizable landmarks: the Torre Civica. This brick tower, square in plan and 60 metres high, dates from the eleventh century but suffered severe fire damage in April 1504 when a festival to celebrate the peace between Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I and King Louis XII of France got out of hand. Louis XII ( June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) called "the Father of the People" (Le Père du Peuple was the thirty-fifth king The reconstruction, completed six years later by Matteo Sammicheli, produced a taller structure which included the current bell-chamber. The balconies attached to the upper part of the tower were added during the period of Gonzaga rule. Subsequent restorations were carried out in 1779 (after a lightning strike which destroyed the fifteenth-century clock) and again in 1920.

Adjoining the tower is the church of Santo Stefano which stands on the east side of a small sqare named after it. The church’s origins date to the beginning of the second millennium, but it was largely rebuilt in the mid-1600s under a project attributed to Sebastiano Guala; work on the current façade began in 1787 but was not completed until the late nineteenth century. Sebastiano Guala was an Italian church Architect active in the years 1640–1680 in the area of Casale Monferrato, then capital of the Gonzaga Inside are paintings by Giovanni Francesco Caroto (1480 – 1555), Il Moncalvo (1568 – 1625), Giorgio Alberini (1575/6 – 1625/6), and Francesco Cairo (1607 – 1665). Giovanni Francesco Caroto (1480 – 1555/1558 was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in his native city of Verona. Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo ( May 9 1568 - 1625 was an Italian painter who specialised in altar-pieces Francesco Cairo (1607 - 1665 was an Italian painter active in Baroque Lombardy and Piedmont Adorning both the walls and the vault are 15 tondi depicting prophets, apostles and the Virgin painted by Pietro Francesco Guala in 1757, the last year of his life. A tondo (plural "tondi" is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art either a painting or a sculpture Pier Francesco Guala, also known as Pierfrancesco and Pietro Francesco ( 15 September 1698 – 27 February 1757) was an

The south side of Piazza Santo Stefano, facing back towards Via Saffi, is formed by the neo-classical Palazzo Ricci di Cereseto. The imposing façade, marked by four massive brick columns, was built in 1806 to an earlier design by the local architect Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli. Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, also spelled Magnocavallo (1707–1789 was an Italian architect and writer

Also in the square is a marble statue of the archaeologist and architect Luigi Canina by Benedetto Cacciatore. Luigi Canina (1795 &ndash 1856 was an Italian Archaeologist and Architect.

Piazza Castello

Piazza Castello is a large irregularly shaped open space used as a car park and as a market square; it is dominated by the castle of the Paleologi which occupies most of its western side. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( Greek: Παλαιολόγος pl The square arose in 1858 through the demolition of the castle’s eastern ravelin, and was extended in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century when the remaining ravilins were removed. A ravelin is a triangular Fortification or detached Outwork in front of the Bastions of a fortress

The castle

The castle itself is an imposing 15th century military construction, with a hexagonal plan, four round towers and an encircling moat.

Santa Caterina

At the south-east corner of the piazza is the elegant Baroque church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, better known by its earlier designation of Santa Caterina. Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical A master-work of Giovanni Battista Scapitta, completed after his death by Giacomo Zanetti, it is marked by an elliptical cupola, and a façade curvilinear both in plan and elevation. Giacomo Zanetti (c1696–1735 born probably in Lugano, was an Italian master builder and Architect active in Casale Monferrato. In Architecture, a cupola or lantern is a radially symmetrical ornamental structure (often dome-shaped or quadrilateral located on top of a larger

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. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The term Opera buffa (plural Opere buffe) was at first used as an informal description of Italian Comic operas variously classified by their authors as Vincenzo Fabrizi (1764 – c 1812 was an Italian composer of Opera buffa. Its construction, to a design by Abbot Agostino Vitoli of Spoleto, had taken six years. For the festival in South Carolina see Spoleto Festival USA. Spoleto ( Latin Spoletium) is an ancient city in the However it fell into disuse during the period of Napoleonic rule and remained closed for several decades. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. After extensive internal embellishment, the theatre reopened in 1840 with a performance of Gaetano Donizetti’s Beatrice di Tenda. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Beatrice di Tenda, is a 'tragedia lirica' or tragic Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, from a Libretto by Felice Romani, after the play In 1861 the theatre was sold by the Società dei Nobili to the local authority (the comune) which made it more accessible to the general public. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in Nevertheless it fell again into decline; during World War II it was used as a store. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Major restoration work took place in the 1980s and the theatre finally reopened in 1990 with a performance by Vittorio Gassmann. Vittorio Gassman ( September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000) popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian Theatre Since then it has offered a mixture of theatre, music and dance, while the foyer is used for exhibitions, usually photographic.

The horseshoe-shaped auditorium with stalls, four tiers of boxes and a gallery (or loggione, i. e. the gods) is richly decorated with frescoes, stucco, gilding and velvet. The gods is a theatrical term common in Britain referring to the highest areas of a theatre such as the upper balconies Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water Gilding is the art of applying a thin layer of gold simulated gold or other metal to a surface Velvet is a type of tufted fabric in which the cut threads are very evenly distributed with a short dense pile giving it a distinct feel The curtains of the royal box hang from a structure supported on stucco caryatids by Abbondio Sangiorgio who also designed the equestrian statue in Piazza Mazzini. Origins The origins of the term are unclear It is first recorded in the Latin form caryatides by the Roman architect Vitruvius. Abbondio Sangiorgio ( 16 July 1798 – 2 November 1879) was an Italian Sculptor. ^[5]

Via Garibaldi and Sant’Ilario

From the side of the theatre Via Garibaldi leads westwards to the sixteenth-century church of Sant'Ilario, founded in 380 in honour of Hilary of Poitiers. Hilarius or Saint Hilary (ca 300 – 368 was Bishop of Poitiers ('Pictavium' and considered an eminent doctor of the Western Christian It was completely rebuilt in 1566 and was largely restructured towards the end of the nineteenth century. The church’s polychrome façade is of interest and it contains two important works by Niccolò Musso: the Madonna del Carmine (‘Our Lady of Mount Carmel’) and San Francesco ai piedi del Crocefisso (‘Saint Francis at the foot of the Crucifix’) originally from the church of San Francesco. Niccolò Musso (active 1618 was an Italian painter of the Baroque period Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Title given to Mary the mother of Jesus, in honor of her having given the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to Saint A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one fixed to a cross" is a cross with a representation of Jesus ' body or corpus

Via Roma, ghetto and synagogue

Behind the shops on the south side of Via Roma, which runs eastwards from Piazza Mazzini, lay the ghetto which persisted until the emancipation of the Jews in Piedmont following Carlo Alberto’s concession of a constitution, the Statuto Albertino, under the revolutionary pressures of 1848. A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure The Statuto Albertino or Albertine Statute was the Constitution that King Charles Albert I of Sardinia conceded to the Kingdom of Sardinia The Synagogue of Casale Monferrato is inside a building at Vicolo Olper 44 that offers no hint from its nondescript exterior that it is a synagogue, built in 1595, and recognized as one of the most beautiful in Europe. A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of The women’s galleries now host an important Jewish museum. Of particular interest are the Tablets of the Law in gilded wood, dating from the eighteenth century, numerous Rimonim (finials to scrolls of the Law) and Atarot (crowns for the scrolls of the Law) carved and with silver filigree. Tablets of Stone, Stone Tablets, Tablets of Law, or Tablets of Testimony (in Hebrew: Luchot HaBrit - "the tablets the covenant" The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system Filigree (formerly written filigrann or filigrane; also known as telkari, the name given in Anatolia, meaning "wire work"

The Giardini pubblici and public sculpture

The public gardens which front the railway station extend westwards, dissected by various streets, almost to the southern end of Via Roma. They contain a range of monuments to figures of local and national renown including Giovanni Lanza (sculpted by Odoardo Tabacchi, 1887), Giuseppe Antonio Ottavi (Leonardo Bistolfi, 1890), Filippo Mellana (Giacomo Ginotti, 1887), and Giuseppe Garibaldi (Primo Giudici, 1884). Domenico Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Lanza ( February 15, 1810 &ndash March 9, 1885) was an Italian politician and prime minister Leonardo Bistolfi ( 14 March, 1859 – 2 September, 1933) was an Italian Sculptor, an important exponent of Italian Garibaldi redirects here for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation.

The most important, however, is Bistolfi’s war memorial of 1928 (pictured left). A marble exedra with four caryatids in the form of winged victories is raised on a dias fronted with steps. In Architecture, an exedra is a semicircular recess often crowned by a half- Dome, which is usually set into a building's facade Origins The origins of the term are unclear It is first recorded in the Latin form caryatides by the Roman architect Vitruvius. The bronze sculpture Il Fante Crociato, a foot soldier in crusader-period costume, takes centre stage; a second bronze a lightly robed Primavera Italica (Italic Spring) steps down from the platform and out of the ensemble.

Other public sculptures of note in Casale include the monument to King Carlo Alberto in Piazza Mazzini mentioned above, Bistolfi’s 1887 monument to Urbano Rattazzi in Piazza Rattazzi, Benedetto Cacciatori’s Luigi Canina in Piazza Santo Stefano. Urbano Rattazzi ( June 20, 1808 &ndash June 5, 1873) was an Italian Statesman Luigi Canina (1795 &ndash 1856 was an Italian Archaeologist and Architect. The Monumento alla difesa di Casale (Francesco Porzio, 1897; pictured right), situated to the north of the castle, commemorates the vigorous action which took place during the First Italian War of Independence in 1849 to defend the city against Austrian troops who had just taken part in the defeat of the Piedmontese army. The First Italian War of Independence was fought in 1848 between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Austrian Empire. In the Priocco district, to the south of the historic centre, in Viale Ottavio Marchino, there is a monument by Virgilio Audagna to the cement industrialist Ottavio Marchino, son of the founder of Cementi Marchino, which is now part of Buzzi Unicem. Buzzi Unicem SpA ( is an Italian company quoted on the Borsa Italiana, which produces Cement, Ready-mix concrete and Construction aggregates

Palazzi

The historic centre is marked by many palazzi which are often Baroque in appearance (though the substance is often earlier), reflecting the urban renewal which took place in the early decades of the eighteenth century. For other meanings (eg the word's use in place names see Palazzo (disambiguation. Among the best known are:

• the fifteenth-century palazzo of the marchesa Anna d'Alençon in Via Alessandria.
• The fifteenth-century Palazzo Treviso, in Via Trevigi, was restructured on behalf of the Anna d’Alençon before being given to the Dominican convent. During the Napoleonic period it was used as a lyceum and has subsequently remained in scholastic use.
• Palazzo Del Carretto, also known as the Casa Tornielli, in Via Canina, again dating from the fifteenth century, now housing a language school.
• The medieval Casa Biandrate, at the junction of Via Guazzo and Via Morini, has preserved its late gothic character.
• Palazzo Sannazzaro, a gothic building in Via Mameli, remodelled in the baroque style by Giacomo Zanetti (1698–1735). Giacomo Zanetti (c1696–1735 born probably in Lugano, was an Italian master builder and Architect active in Casale Monferrato.
• Palazzo Gozani di Treville, regarded as the most beautiful in the town and as one of the two most important works of Giovanni Battista Scapitta, the other being the church of Santa Catarina, mentioned above. The rococò atrium and courtyard are particularly praised, as is the long and gently curved façade which follows the path of Via Mameli.
• Palazzo Gozani di San Giorgio, now the town hall, was partially rebuilt in the years 1775–8 to a design by Filippo Nicolis de Robilant. San Giorgio Monferrato (in Piedmontese San Giòrs Monfrà) is a commune of the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region The façade is of three orders with its windows surrounded by decorations in stucco. A classical order is one of the ancient styles of building design in the classical tradition, distinguished by their proportions and their characteristic profiles and details Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water Via Mameli.
• Palazzo Magnocavalli has a façade commissioned from Giacomo Zanetti by the architect Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli. Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, also spelled Magnocavallo (1707–1789 was an Italian architect and writer Inside, the monumental twisted staircase, supported by two columns, fits gracefully into a very restricted space. Via Mameli.
• Palazzo Fornara, built in 1840 in the neo-classical style by the Vercellese Pietro Bosso, forms the west side of Piazza Mazzini. Vercelli ( Varséj in Piedmontese) is a City of about 50000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli in Piedmont in northern The site was previously occupied by the church of Santa Maria di Piazza which was deconsecrated during the Napoleonic period. Since 1925 it has been a bank.
• Palazzo Langosco, in Via Corte d’Appello, encloses part of the main cloister of the former Augustinian convent complex of Santa Croce. Once the seat of the Senate of Montferrat, it now houses the public library.
• The neo-classical Palazzo Sacchi-Nemours, beside the Teatro Civico in Via Saffi, was built in 1750–2 by the local architect Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli.
• Palazzo Ricci di Cereseto, in Piazzetta di S. Stefano, has an imposing neo-classical façade fronted by four massive brickwork columns, constructed in 1806 by G. Battista Formiglia, probably following a design by Magnocavalli.
• Palazzo Gaspardone-Ottavi, in Via Cavour, came into the possession of the Ottavi family during the nineteenth century and is noted for Bistolfi’s plaque commemorating Ottavio Ottavi (an oenologist known also, in his home town, for writing the Inno ai krumiri, or ‘hymn to the krumiri biscuits’) and a memorial tablet to Saint Luigi Gonzaga. Oenology ( BrE) or enology ( AmE) is the science and study of all aspects of Wine and Winemaking from the grape harvest to bottle Saint Aloysius Gonzaga ( Italian: Luigi Gonzaga, Portuguese and Spanish: Luís de Gonzaga, March 9, 1568 &ndash

Museums and galleries

The civic museum is located in the ancient convent of Santa Croce, whose cloister is decorated with frescos by il Moncalvo. A convent is a community of Priests religious brothers religious sisters or Nuns or the building used by the community particularly in the Roman Catholic Church Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo ( May 9 1568 - 1625 was an Italian painter who specialised in altar-pieces

Music

Casale was an important center for Italian music from the 13th through the 17th centuries. During the Albigensian Crusade, Casale was a refuge for troubadours fleeing regions to the west; the music of such troubadours may have been decisive in the formation of secular Italian musical styles in the 14th century (see Music of the Trecento). The Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade (1209&ndash1229 was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Roman Catholic Church to eliminate the Cathar The Trecento was a period of vigorous activity in Italy in the arts including painting architecture literature and music In the 16th century the town was incorporated into the holdings of the Gonzaga family, who were patrons of music throughout the Renaissance. ^[6]

The cathedral there has in its archives polyphonic music by Jean Mouton, Andreas de Silva, and Francesco Cellavenia, as well as important prints by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and other major composers of the period. Jean Mouton (c 1459 &ndash October 30, 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance. Francesco Cellavenia (fl c 1538 &ndash 1563 was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, active in Casale Monferrato. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526 - 2 February 1594 was an Italian Composer of the Renaissance. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Casale was the site for premieres of operas by Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, Pietro Guglielmi, and Pasquale Anfossi, and was the birthplace of the Swiss-Italian composer Carlo Evasio Soliva. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi ( December 9, 1728 - November 19, 1804) was an Italian Composer. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section -->Bonifacio Domenico Pasquale Anfossi ( 5 April, 1727 &ndash February Carlo Evasio Soliva ( 27 November, 1791 – 20 December, 1853) was a Swiss - Italian composer of opera chamber music and sacred Currently the city's musical center is the Teatro Municipale.

Economy

Casale is situated in a plain where rice cultivation is predominant, and in an area of cement-bearing hills and wineries. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many A winery is a building or property that produces Wine, or a business involved in the production of wine such as a wine company.

Sport

The town’s football club, A.S. Casale, was founded in 1909. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Associazione Sportiva Casale Calcio is an Italian football club based in Casale Monferrato, Piedmont. Within five years it achieved the twin peaks of its success: in 1913 it became the first Italian club to beat an English professional team (Reading F.C.), and in the 1913–14 season it won the Italian Championship. Reading Football Club are an Association football club based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. The team dropped out of Serie A in 1934, however, and in the 2006–7 season it is playing in Serie D/A. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located History When in 1948 the three Leagues running Division 3 (Italian Serie C) had to be reorganized due to ever growing regional team joining FIGC decided

The local basketball team, A.S. Junior Libertas Pallacanestro Casale Monferrato, was founded in 1956 and today competes in LegADue, the second tier of the sport in Italy. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Associazione Sportiva Junior Pallacanestro Casale Monferrato, also known for sponsorship reasons as Fastweb Casale Monferrato is an Italian professional Basketball LegADue or Lega2, previously called Serie A2, is the second-highest division of professional club Basketball in Italy.

Events

• Annual
  • Saint Joseph’s Fair (Mostra mercato di San Giuseppe). A fair of industry, commerce, handicraft, and agriculture held since 1946. Mid-March; Cittadella.
  • Rice and Roses (Riso&Rose). A festival of concerts, pageants, markets and other events held in and around Casale since 2001. May.
  • Folkermesse (from Folk + Kermesse). The world folk music and dance festival, first staged in Casale in 1983, includes the town on its summer itinerary. July–September.
  • Magiche Figure. Exhibition of puppet theatre from Italy and abroad. September.
  • Festival of Wine and the Monferrato. A celebration of local wine and food together with related events. Mid-September.
• Monthly
  • Antiques market. Founded in 1973, this popular market is held on the second weekend of the month (except August) in the Mercato Pavia.
  • The Artemista craft market and Il Paniere market of organic produce market are held on the third Saturday of each month in Piazza Mazzini.
  • Casale Open City (Casale Città Aperta, a play on the title of the classic neorealist film Roma, città aperta). Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and Working class, filmed on location frequently using nonprofessional Actors Rome Open City ( Italian: Roma città aperta) ( 1945) is an Italian war Drama film, directed by Roberto Many of the town’s monuments are open, with free guided tours on the Sunday afternoon. Second weekend of the month.
• Twice weekly
  • Market days. Tuesday and Friday; Piazza Castello.

Notable Casalesi

See also: Category:People from Casale Monferrato

Notable people born in Casale, or with close connections to the town, include:

• Evasius (died third, fourth or eighth century, perhaps), martyr and patron saint of the town. Macrino d'Alba (c 1460–1465 &ndash c 1510–1520 was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period active mainly in Piedmont. Niccolò Musso (active 1618 was an Italian painter of the Baroque period Ascanio Sobrero ( October 12 1812 &ndash May 26 1888) was the Italian Chemist, born in Casale Monferrato, who Saint Evasius ( Sant'Evasio; probably Third century AD is believed to have been a Missionary and Bishop of Asti, in north-west Italy
• Ubertino da Casale (1259–1329), Franciscan preacher and theologian. Ubertino of Casale, (1259 &ndash 1329 was an Italian Franciscan and one of the leaders (together with Michael of Cesena; preceded by Peter Olivi
• Yolande of Montferrat (1274–1317), became Eirene, Empress-Consort of Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor. Yolande of Montferrat (1274 &ndash 1317 in Constantinople) (also known as Violante, then Empress Eirene) was the second Empress-Consort Andronikos II Palaiologos or Andronicus II Palaeologus ( Greek:) ( 25 March 1259, Constantinople &ndash February 13 This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians
• Facino Cane (1360–1412), condottiere. Facino Cane da Casale, born Bonifacio Cane (1360 - May 1412 was an Italian Condottiero.
• William VIII (1420–1483), the Marquess of Montferrat who established Casale as its definitive capital. William VIII Palaiologos ( July 19, 1420 - February 27, 1483) was the Marquess of Montferrat from 1464 until his death
• Boniface III ((1424–1494)), Marquess of Montferrat.
• Giovanni Martino Spanzotti (born circa 1455), painter,
• William IX (1486–1518), Marquess of Montferrat. Giovanni Martino Spanzotti (c 1455 &ndash c 1528 (also known as Gian Martino Spanzotti) was an Italian painter of the late- Quattrocento or early-
• Anna d'Alençon (1492–1562), Marchioness of Montferrat. Anne d'Alençon (Italian Anna d'Alençon) ( 30 October, 1492 - 18 October, 1562) was a Marquise of Montferrat
• John George (1488-1533), Marquess of Montferrat.
• Boniface IV (1512–1530), Marquess of Montferrat.
• Stefano Guazzo (1530–1593), founder of the Casale literary academy the Illustrati.
• Niccolò Musso (c. Niccolò Musso (active 1618 was an Italian painter of the Baroque period 1590 – c. 1623), painter of the Baroque period.
• Camilla Faà di Bruno (c. Camilla Faà di Bruno, also di Casale, also Camilla Faà Gonzaga (c 1599-1662), the ‘Bella Ardizzina’ who secretly married Francesco Gonzaga Duke of Ferrara and of Montferrat. Francesco Gonzaga was born in Palermo on 12 June 1538 and died in Rome on 6 January 1566
• Ferdinando del Cairo (1666-1748), a painter of the Italian Baroque school, was born in Casale. Ferdinando del Cairo (1666-1748 was an Italian painter of the Baroque.
• Giacomo Zanetti (1698–1735), master-builder and architect who completed the baroque reconstruction of Santa Caterina, and built several palazzi in the town. Giacomo Zanetti (c1696–1735 born probably in Lugano, was an Italian master builder and Architect active in Casale Monferrato.
• Pietro Francesco Guala (1698-1757), painter of the Piedmontese Baroque school. Pier Francesco Guala, also known as Pierfrancesco and Pietro Francesco ( 15 September 1698 – 27 February 1757) was an
• Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli (1707–89), architect. Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, also spelled Magnocavallo (1707–1789 was an Italian architect and writer
• Carlo Cozio, Count of Montiglio and Salabue (1715–1780), chess player. Carlo Cozio, Count of Montiglio and Salabue (c1715 – c1780 was an Italian Chess player and theorist
• Carlo Vidua, Count of Conzano (1785–1830), traveller and archeologist.
• Carlo Evasio Soliva (1791–1853), musician. Carlo Evasio Soliva ( 27 November, 1791 – 20 December, 1853) was a Swiss - Italian composer of opera chamber music and sacred
• Luigi Canina (1795–1856), archaeologist and architect. Luigi Canina (1795 &ndash 1856 was an Italian Archaeologist and Architect.
• Joseph Rocchietti, the earliest known Italian-American novelist, was an emigrant from Casale. Joseph Rocchietti, a native of Casale Monferrato in north-west Italy, emigrated to the United States in 1831
• Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882), politician. Domenico Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Lanza ( February 15, 1810 &ndash March 9, 1885) was an Italian politician and prime minister
• Ascanio Sobrero (1812-1888), chemist. Ascanio Sobrero ( October 12 1812 &ndash May 26 1888) was the Italian Chemist, born in Casale Monferrato, who
• Eleuterio Pagliano (1826–1903), painter. Eleuterio Pagliano ( 2 May, 1826 – 5 January, 1903) was an Italian painter of the Romantic period as well as
• Luigi Hugues (1836-1913), engineer, geographer and musician. Luigi Hugues ( 27 October, 1836 – 5 March, 1913) was an Italian academic Geographer and accomplished amateur Musician
• Francesco Negri (1841–1924), photographer. Francesco Negri ( 18 December 1841 – 21 December 1924) was an Italian Photographer known not only as a pictorialist but
• Giovanni Celoria (1842–1920), astronomer.
• Giulio Viotte (1845–78), artist.
• Giovanni Camerana (1845–1905), magistrate, poet, art critic: one of the prime members of the scapigliatura movement. Scapigliatura is the name of the artistic movement which developed in Italy after the period known as Risorgimento, (1815-1871 which led to the unification of Italy and
• Leonardo Bistolfi (1859–1933), sculptor. Leonardo Bistolfi ( 14 March, 1859 – 2 September, 1933) was an Italian Sculptor, an important exponent of Italian
• Ugo Cavallero (1880–1943), military commander. Ugo Cavallero ( September 20, 1880 – September 13 1943) was an Italian military commander before and during World War II.
• Cesare Maria De Vecchi (1884-1959), politician. Cesare Maria De Vecchi ( 14 November, 1884 - 1959 was an Italian soldier colonial administrator and Fascist politician
• Umberto Caligaris (1901–1940), footballer. Umberto Caligaris ( July 26, 1901 &ndash October 19, 1940) was an Italian international footballer who played normally
• Egidio Ortona (1911–1996), diplomat. Egidio Ortona ( 16 September 1910 – 10 January 1996) was an Italian Diplomat whose career spanned the years 1931 to 1975
• Augusto Segre (1915-1986), writer and antifascist.
• Giampaolo Pansa (born 1935), journalist and writer.
• Sergio Castelletti (born 1937), footballer.
• Giovanni Piana (born 5 April 1940), philosopher. Giovanni Piana (born April 5, 1940) is an Italian Philosopher.
• Roberto Bolle (born 1975), ballet dancer, was born in Casale, although he grew up in Trino Vercellese. Roberto Bolle was born in Casale Monferrato in the Piedmont Region of Italy Trino is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of

Fictional Casale

A siege of the town plays a significant off-stage role in Alessandro Manzoni’s’s novel The Betrothed, and is the centre of Chapter 2 of the novel The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco, who was born in neighbouring Alessandria. Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni ( March 7, 1785 May 22, 1873) was an Italian Poet and Novelist. The Betrothed (orig I Promessi Sposi is an Italian Historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in The Island of the Day Before ( L'isola del giorno prima) is a 1994 Novel by Umberto Eco. Umberto Eco (born 5 January 1932 is an Italian Medievalist, semiotician, Philosopher, literary critic and Novelist, best Alessandria ( Lissandria in Piedmontese) is a city in Piedmont Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. Casale also appears in a best-selling historical yarn Bellarion the Fortunate by the Anglo Italian writer Rafael Sabatini. Bellarion the Fortunate, published in 1926 is a Historical novel by Rafael Sabatini. Rafael Sabatini (April 29 1875 - February 13 1950 was an Italian / British Writer of Novels of romance and adventure. A real 13th century personality, Ubertino of Casale, is a character in Eco's historical novel The Name of the Rose (1980). Ubertino of Casale, (1259 &ndash 1329 was an Italian Franciscan and one of the leaders (together with Michael of Cesena; preceded by Peter Olivi The Name of the Rose, a novel by Umberto Eco, is a Historical whodunnit — a Murder mystery set in an Italian Monastery

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