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Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774–1862) was a Maltese architect and antiquarian, who is mostly known for designing the Mosta Basilica, popularly known as the Rotunda of Mosta. In the late 18th century, he studied at Frascati in the Papal States to become a priest. However, he developed a strong support for the Jacobins, and he joined the French expeditionary force as an officer during the Egyptian campaign. He eventually returned to Malta in the 19th century, some years after the uprising against French rule had ended.

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  • Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774–1862) was a Maltese architect and antiquarian, who is mostly known for designing the Mosta Basilica, popularly known as the Rotunda of Mosta. In the late 18th century, he studied at Frascati in the Papal States to become a priest. However, he developed a strong support for the Jacobins, and he joined the French expeditionary force as an officer during the Egyptian campaign. He eventually returned to Malta in the 19th century, some years after the uprising against French rule had ended. By the 1830s, the parish church of Mosta, which had been built in the 17th century by the architect Tommaso Dingli, had become too small to cater for the town's population. Grognet proposed rebuilding the church on a neoclassical design based on the Pantheon in Rome. Despite opposition from Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana, the design was approved and construction of the church began on 30 May 1833. Grognet had never received any formal architectural training, so during construction he received consultation services from a member of the Sammut family. The church took 28 years to build, being completed in the early 1860s. The church's design was praised both during construction and after its completion, and it is considered to be Grognet's masterpiece. Grognet was also an antiquarian, and he had a deep knowledge of the classics. Following the discovery of ancient sites such as Ġgantija and Ħaġar Qim during his lifetime, he came to believe that Malta was the location of Atlantis. He published a short compendium detailing this theory. Grognet married Signora Orsetta della Grazie Paleologo in 1834. He lived mostly in the capital Valletta, but while supervising the construction of the rotunda he lived at a house in Mosta belonging to the notary Francesco Chetcuti. This townhouse is now called , and its design is attributed to Grognet. Upon completion of the rotunda, Grognet received an annual pension of £100 from Governor Le Marchant, but he died a few months later in 1862. He was buried in the chapel of the Virgin of the Girdle at the Mosta rotunda. (en)
  • Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774 – 1862) è stato un architetto maltese. Ideatore ed autore della celebre Rotonda di Mosta (1833), la terza cattedrale più grande d'Europa, che si erge nell'omonima cittadina maltese. Sua è l'elaborazione della teoria, non del tutto suffragata da evidenze archeologiche, che l'isola di Malta fosse un residuo della mitica Atlantide. Egli sosteneva che nel museo di Siracusa si conservava un reperto di Atlantide: un capitello. Grognet de Vassé era infatti convinto che gli atlantidei dopo la distruzione della loro isola si fossero divisi in colonie (lo stesso Antico Egitto, secondo il maltese, non era altro che una colonia atlantidea) e quel capitello richiamava il particolare stile egizio (a suo dire prova inconfutabile della presenza atlantidea in quei luoghi). Al capitello aggiungeva un idoletto, rinvenuto nei pressi di Scicli e una medaglia rinvenuta a Naxos; anch'essi di presunta provenienza atlantidea. Il maltese tuttavia è stato spesso coinvolto in falsificazioni di iscrizioni o travisamenti di reperti. (it)
  • Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (ur. 1774, zm. 1862) – maltański architekt i antykwariusz, głównie znany z zaprojektowania Rotundy w Moście. Urodził się w roku 1774 na Malcie, w rodzinie o francuskich korzeniach. Studiował we Frascati, w Państwie Kościelnym, z zamiarem zostania księdzem. Jednak jego poglądy polityczne i mocne poparcie dla jakobinów, popchnęły go do podjęcia służby jako oficer we francuskich siłach ekspedycyjnych podczas kampanii egipskiej. W końcu powrócił na Maltę kilka lat po powstaniu przeciwko rządom francuskim. W latach trzydziestych XIX wieku, kościół parafialny w Moście, zbudowany w XVII wieku przez architekta Tommaso Dingliego, stał się za mały, aby pomieścić populację miasta. Grognet zaproponował przebudowę kościoła w stylu neoklasycznym, bazując na rzymskim Panteonie. Pomimo oporów biskupa Francesco Caruany, projekt został zaaprobowany, i budowa kościoła rozpoczęła się 30 maja 1833 roku. Grognet nigdy nie otrzymał formalnego wykształcenia jako architekt, więc podczas budowy kościoła korzystał z pomocy konsultacyjnej jednego z członków rodziny Sammut. Projekt kościoła był chwalony zarówno podczas budowy, jak i po jej ukończeniu, i uważany jest za arcydzieło Grogneta. Grognet był też antykwariuszem, i miał głęboką wiedzę o sztuce klasycznej. W związku z odkryciem za jego życia takich miejsc, jak Ġgantija i Ħaġar Qim wierzył, że Malta była miejscem, gdzie znajdowała się Atlantyda. Opublikował nawet krótkie kompendium, wyjaśniające tą teorię. W roku 1834 Grognet poślubił Orsettę della Grazie Paleologo. Przeważnie mieszkał w stolicy Valletcie, lecz na czas nadzorowania budowy rotundy przeniósł się do domu w Moście, który należał do notariusza Francesco Chetcutiego. Ten dom miejski nazywany jest teraz ; jego projekt jest przypisywany Grognetowi. Po ukończeniu rotundy, Grognet otrzymał od gubernatora roczną pensję w wysokości 100 funtów, lecz zmarł kilka miesięcy później, w roku 1862. Pochowany został w kaplicy Virgin of the Girdle w rotundzie w Moście. (pl)
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  • Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774–1862) was a Maltese architect and antiquarian, who is mostly known for designing the Mosta Basilica, popularly known as the Rotunda of Mosta. In the late 18th century, he studied at Frascati in the Papal States to become a priest. However, he developed a strong support for the Jacobins, and he joined the French expeditionary force as an officer during the Egyptian campaign. He eventually returned to Malta in the 19th century, some years after the uprising against French rule had ended. (en)
  • Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774 – 1862) è stato un architetto maltese. Ideatore ed autore della celebre Rotonda di Mosta (1833), la terza cattedrale più grande d'Europa, che si erge nell'omonima cittadina maltese. (it)
  • Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (ur. 1774, zm. 1862) – maltański architekt i antykwariusz, głównie znany z zaprojektowania Rotundy w Moście. Urodził się w roku 1774 na Malcie, w rodzinie o francuskich korzeniach. Studiował we Frascati, w Państwie Kościelnym, z zamiarem zostania księdzem. Jednak jego poglądy polityczne i mocne poparcie dla jakobinów, popchnęły go do podjęcia służby jako oficer we francuskich siłach ekspedycyjnych podczas kampanii egipskiej. W końcu powrócił na Maltę kilka lat po powstaniu przeciwko rządom francuskim. (pl)
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