ALFIERI, BENEDETTO INNOCENTE. - Architect, of a noble family of Asti, b. in Rome in 1700, where he had Pope Innocent XII as his godfather, d. in Turin on 9 Dec. 1767. He was trained in Rome, where he studied the anti-

ALFIERI BENEDETTO INNOCENTE - Facade of the cathedral of Vercelli (18th century).(phot. Alinari)

He designed the facade of the cathedral of Vercelli, inspired by that of St. John Lateran (v. GALILEI A.); in Novara he erected the bell tower of St. Gaudentius; in Carignano he built the church of Sts. John the Baptist and Remigius, original for its half-ellipse plan. He also constructed civil buildings in Turin and in other cities of Piedmont.

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BIBL.: G. Chevalley, Un avvocato architetto, il conte B. A., Turin 1916; A. E. Brinckmann, Theatrum novum Pedemontii etc., Düsseldorf 1931; G. Rodolfo, L'architettura Barocca in Carignano, in Atti e Memorie del II Congresso della Soc. piemontese di Arch. e Belle Arti (1933), Turin 1937, pp. 130-86.

Vincenzo Golzio

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