Notes and references
- ↑ See Cravino (2004). (Santa Maria di Piazza, demolished in the nineteenth century, stood in what is now the eastern part of Piazza Mazzini.)
- ↑ The kinship is suggested in Liceo Scientifico Palli (n.d.), pointing to the rarity of Guala as a family name in the baptismal records in Casale.
- ↑ See Associazione Turistica Pro Loco (n.d.) for photographs and short descriptions of the churches at Frassinello.
- ↑ Cravino (2004) has a photograph of the chapel near the foot of the page.
- ↑ Cravino (2004)
- ↑ Amelotti 2003 , p. 18; Mazza (2002 , p. 9).
- ↑ Amelotti (2003 , p. 19); Grignolio (2004 , pp. 143–146); Mazza (2002 , p. 3).
- ↑ Grignolio (1983 , pp. 318–9); Legambiente (n.d.).
- ↑ See Grignolio (1983 , pp. 347–8); Comune di Livorno Ferraris (n.d.); and Cattedrale di Casale Monferrato (2006).
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