Giovanni Bonalino

Giovanni Bonalino (* approx. 1575 in Roveredo (Canton of Graubünden) , † 1633 in Bamberg ) was a federal builder and mason who worked in Germany, most recently a court builder in Bamberg.

Life

Bonalino's activity as a master builder can be demonstrated for the first time in 1614 in a building in the Scheßlitz area . In 1619 he worked in the Duchy of Saxony-Weimar and around the same time in the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg . He lived in Scheßlitz, where his second marriage was to a little Anna Peasant. He also worked with his brother Giacomo Bonalio (German Jakob Bonalino), who was active in Würzburg in the rebuilding of the new church and in the removal of previously destroyed vault remains; with Lazaro Agustoni rebuilt the Kiliansdom of Würzburg In Bamberg he acquired the Haus zum Kamel in the Kesslerstrasse in 1628 and moved to the bishopric capital, where he lost a son in 1632 and died in 1633 himself. After the death of her husband, his widow moved back to Scheßlitz and died there on April 29, 1639.

His activity is documented in Bamberg, Scheßlitz, Schönfeld , Kleukheim , Neufang , Weismain , Seussling , Coburg ( Ehrenburg Castle ) and Weimar ( Hornstein Castle ).

plant

Bamberg

the choir building of the collegiate church St. Stephan
the Capuchin monastery with church

Coburg

the old extension ( Ehrenburg Palace )

Ebensfeld

Catholic parish church Sankt Wolfgang in Kleukheim , choir and tower, 1625–26

Frensdorf

Rectory

Gößweinstein

Franciscan monastery church of St. Maria ( list of monuments )

Neunkirchen am Brand

Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher (1623; list of monuments )

Schönfeld

Catholic parish church Heilig Kreuz (1619–1622)

Scheßlitz

Pilgrimage church on the hill

Weimar

Hornstein Castle

Wurzburg

University Church

literature

Angela Michel: The builder Giovanni Bonalino from Graubünden in Franconia and Thuringia (= GfG R. VIII. Volume 10). 1999.
Cesare Santi: Giovanni Bonalini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 24, 2004 .

Individual evidence

^ Felix Mader: The university church in Würzburg . Pp. 308-314, here: p. 309.
↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 607.
↑ Lazaro Agustoni on archive.org/stream (accessed December 1, 2016)
^ Choir building of the collegiate church St. Stephan

personal data
SURNAME	Bonalino, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss builder
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH	Roveredo GR
DATE OF DEATH	1633
Place of death	Bamberg

[1] Felix Mader: The university church in Würzburg . Pp. 308-314, here: p. 309.

[2] Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 607.

[3] Lazaro Agustoni on archive.org/stream (accessed December 1, 2016)

[4] Choir building of the collegiate church St. Stephan