Pietro Delai
Pietro Delai (* around 1635 in Scaria; † April 16, 1695 in Bozen ) was an Italian builder of the Baroque period who worked in Tyrol .
Life
Pietro Delai belonged to a widespread family of builders, bricklayers, painters and plasterers who came from Scaria d'Intelvi, a place on Lake Como in Lombardy (originally d'Allio). It dominated church building from the middle of the 17th to the middle of the 18th century in South Tyrol .
Pietro was the son of Giaccomo il Giovane Delai and his wife Francesca; his brother was Andrea Delai, with whom he carried out some construction projects together. The family lived in Bolzano , where the father also died in 1675. Pietro became master bricklayer in 1661 and city architect of Bozen in 1677. He received citizenship there in 1685 and married Sabrina Stegerin in 1686, with whom he had nine children.
Works
- Reconstruction plans for the collegiate church and west wing , Stams Abbey (1675–1676)
- Work on the tower and facade of the Church of St. Jakob , Oberau near Bozen (1677–1687)
- St. Margareth Church , Sterzing (1678–1680)
- Restoration and redesign of the St. Nicholas Church , Bozen (1681–1682; destroyed)
- Antonius Chapel , Franciscan Church , Bozen (1687)
- Work on the mercantile chapel , Dominican Church , Bozen (1687; destroyed)
- Monastery and monastery church , Säben (1692)
- Kreuzkirchl St. Salvator , Sterzing (1692)
literature
- Patrizia Mair: The Delai master builder family and their sacred architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries in South Tyrol . Diploma thesis, University of Innsbruck 1997
Web links
- Entry about Pietro Delai on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project of the University of Innsbruck
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delai, Pietro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delai, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1635 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1695 |
| Place of death | Bolzano |