Chiesa di San Domenico, Casale Monferrato

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The church, which was founded by Guglielmo VIII de Monferrato in 1472 and finished in 1506 by Bonifacio V, was entrusted to the Dominican Fathers. The adjoining convent remained united to the church until 1822, when the Napoleonic suppressions led to the division into lots of the convent which was also given to private individuals. Outside, the terracotta façade shows a fine 1505 portal surmounted by a rose window embellished with the signs of the zodiac, but the religious building has undergone considerable alterations that have distorted its structure and style, so much so that there are evident signs of Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance. The interior, which has three naves, shows a beautiful organ from 1781; beautiful stained glass windows from 1948, by the Casalese Buffa that replaced the previous ones (destroyed) from 1879; the sixteenth-century tomb of Benvenuto Sangiorgio, Count of Biandrate, knight and member of the Casalese Senate; an imposing high altar with a hanging crucifix and precious confessionals of Baroque reminiscence. But it is above all some works that deserve attention such as the Altar of San Vincenzo Ferreri with a canvas of 1732, the work of the Casalese painter Mellana, the Altar of Santa Maria Maddalena of 1471 and, in particular, the Altar of the Madonna delle Grazie. with a remarkable fifteenth-century painting of the Flemish school. The most interesting church in the city! Don't forget to also visit the beautiful Renaissance cloister.

Beautiful church with remarkable frescoes and paintings inside !!! To visit (if open!!!) also in the external courtyard.. Among the interesting things in the perimeter walls and in the courtyard, many pairs of swifts (apus apus) nest

It is a late Gothic church, built between 1472 and 1513, the year of its consecration. It was commissioned by William VIII Palaeologus, Marquis of Monferrato. Despite its Piedmontese location, the buttresses that mark the facade are a typical element of Lombard/Lomellino Gothic, present among others in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Mortara and in the Church of San Pietro Martire in Vigevano. It differs from these for the salient facade, rather than a gabled one, and for the splendid richly worked portal, built in 1505 by Lombard workers, which rises up to incorporate the central rose window, inscribed in a circle which presents the zodiac signs in bas-relief . It is often closed, but the beautiful Renaissance cloister is open every day: the entrance door is located to the right of the church, and is certainly worth a visit, also for the chance to admire the massive bell tower.

A church with a facade and interior decoration typical of this area of ​​Piedmont. It stands alone in a cozy small square next to the second church of Chiesa di Santa Rita