Curriculum vitae

Luca Gianazza was born on December 24th 1974 and lives in Castellanza (Varese). He is an engineer and works in the mobile telecommunication field for Nokia Siemens Networks.

He is interested in medieval and modern numismatics, expecially concerning the Savoy coinage and the mints in Lombardy and Piedmont from the XVI to the XVIII century. He writes for Rivista Italiana di Numismatica e Scienze Affini, Panorama Numismatico and Cronaca Numismatica. He is a member of Società Numismatica Italiana, Accademia Italiana di Studi Numismatici and Magazzeno Storico Verbanese.

He organized the congress Le onde della Storia sulla riva del Verbano. Macagno regia, imperiale e moderna dal Medioevo all'età contemporanea (Maccagno, April 12th 2003) and the exibition La "Zecha di Machagno Corte Regale". Storie di zecchieri e falsari nella Maccagno dei Mandelli e dei Borromeo (Maccagno, Civico Museo "Parisi-Valle", April 13th - June 29th 2003).

In 2007 he organized the congress La moneta in Monferrato tra Medioevo ed Età Moderna (Turin, October 26th 2007).

His book La zecca di Maccagno Inferiore e le sue monete won the "Solone Ambrosoli" award 2004 and the "Fondazione Banca Agricola Mantovana" award 2004.

He is the author of Eligivs, a database used for the advanced management of the private data of the mint workers. The database Eligivs has been introduced to the public during the congress Monete in rete (Bologna, May 22nd 2003) and it now contains 3,929 names and 7,234 relations between workers and mints (last update: December 17th 2006).

He was awarded the Oscar per la Numismatica 2006 (Italian national award for numismatics) by the Circolo Filatelico Numismatico Reggiano.

Since 1994 he is following the wording of a bibliography about the works of numismatics from the Lombard Age till nowadays. At the moment he has computerized and indexed more than 8,000 titles.

At the moment he is following some long term researches about the mints of Casale Monferrato (in the Gonzaga's time) and Masserano.

Collaborations

Collaborator of the Università degli Studi di Milano (chair of Numismatics, prof. L. Travaini) to the research project L'Immaginario e il Potere (coordinated by prof. M. Caltabiano), working out the Imago database, useful for classifying the mediaeval coins and their iconographic lemmas.

Collaborator of the Euromint international research project (www.euromint.net). He followed the wording of the sections about the mints of Maccagno Inferiore and Turin.

Collaborator of the Guida per la storia delle zecche italiane medioevali e moderne fino all'Unità edited by E.A. Arslan, M. Tangheroni, L. Travaini and U. Tucci (www.luciatravaini.it, section "Research"). He followed the wording of the sections about the mints of Alessandria, Asti, Avigliana, Biella, Briona, Cannero, Carmagnola, Casale Monferrato, Chivasso, Cittiglio, Crema, Crevacuore, Desana, Frinco, Ivrea, Lombardore, Maccagno Inferiore, Masegra, Masserano, Moncalieri, Moncalvo, Montanaro, Montefiora Conca, Novara, Passerano, Pinerolo, Pontestura, Saluzzo, Santhià, Susa, Tassarolo, Turin (with S. Pennestrì), Vercelli, Vergagni.

Collaborator of the Circolo Culturale "I Marchesi di Monferrato" (www.marchesimonferrato.com). He followed the wording of a web page about the mints of Monferrato.

Congresses

Congress La moneta in Monferrato tra Medioevo ed Età Moderna, Turin, October 26th 2007. Paper titled Il sistema monetario del Monferrato gonzaghesco: influenze e sviluppi (1536-1590).

Congress Il Monferrato tra Paleologi e Gonzaga, Cuccaro Monferrato (AL), October 28th 2006. Paper titled Le ultime fasi della zecca di Casale Monferrato.

Congress Chivasso capitale dei Paleologi di Monferrato, Chivasso (TO), September 16th 2006. Paper titled La monetazione dei Paleologo in Monferrato: una rilettura dei materiali.

Congress Monete in rete, Bologna, May 22nd 2003. Paper titled Un database per il personale di zecca: il progetto Eligivs e la Guida per la storia delle zecche italiane (with L. Travaini).

Congress L'Immaginario e il Potere. Banche dati e metodologia innovativa del Lessico Iconografico Numismatico (LIN), Vicenza, October 12th 2002. Paper titled La gestione informatica del lessico iconografico per le monete medioevali (with A. Bolis).

Congress Fälschungen - Beischläge - Imitationen, Martigny, March 1st-2nd 2002. Paper titled Monetary counterfeits in Northern Italy during the XVII century.

Congress III meeting dei numismatici e medaglisti europei, Mantova, September 8th-9th 1994. Paper titled La "coniazione" di medaglie secondo Benvenuto Cellini.

Lectures

Uomini e monete delle zecche sabaude. L'organizzazione delle officine monetarie dei Savoia dalle origini all'Unità d'Italia, Milano, February 7th 2006.

Abusi monetari nel ‘600 verbanese, Porto Valtravaglia (VA), October 9th 2004.

Maccagno, le sue industrie, la sua zecca, Luvinate (VA), September 23rd 2004 (with C.A. Pisoni).