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Genoa and Its Treasures Comune di Genova - Ufficio sviluppo e Promozione del Turismo Palazzo delle Torrette - Via Garibaldi, 12r [email protected] www.genova-turismo.it Tourist Information Centres (T.I.C.) IAT Via Garibaldi Useful info: Via Garibaldi 12r Ph. +39 010 55 72 903/ 751 Genoa Aquarium Fax +39 010 55 72 414 www.acquariodigenova.it (7/7 - h. 9.00 - 18.30) C. Colombo Airport [email protected] Ph. +39 010 60 151 - www.airport.genova.it IAT De Ferrari City sightseeing open top bus Largo Pertini 13 Genova in Tour Pesci Viaggi Ph. +39 010 86 06 122 Ph. +39 010 53 05 237 - Mobile +39 328 98 55 419 Fax +39 010 86 06 476 www.pesciviaggi.it (7/7 - h. 9.00 - 13.00 / 14.30 - 18.30) [email protected] Hop-on hop-off city tour CITYSIGHTSEEING GENOVA IAT C. Colombo Airport (arrivals area) Ph. +39 010 86 91 632 Genova - Sestri Ponente www.genova.city-sightseeing.it Ph./Fax +39 010 60 15 247 (7/7 - h. 9.00 - 13.00 / 13.30 - 17.30) Genoa Museums [email protected] www.museidigenova.it - www.rolliestradenuove.it Radio Taxi Walking guided tour to the historical centre Ph. +39 010 5966 - www.cooptaxige.it and the Palazzi dei Rolli, UNESCO World Heritage Visit of the city with little train Every weekend you can visit the historical city Trenino Pippo centre and discover the fascination of some of Ph. +39 328 69 42 944 - www.treninopippo.it the famous Palazzi dei Rolli. Trains More information about costs and languages Ph. +39 89 20 21 - www.trenitalia.it at our offices. Accessible tourism - Terre di Mare Genoa Province information office Ph. +39 010 54 20 98 - Mobile +39 339 13 09 249 www.terredimare.it GENOA AND ITS TREASURES the Strade Nuove and the Palazzi dei Rolli Unesco World Heritage GENOA POCKET GUIDE MAPS AND VILLAS PARKS OUTDOOR ACCOMODATION WINE AND FOOD EVENTS CITY BREAK FOR CHILDREN ART AND CULTURE en ROLLI COP II E IV IMM COORD:Layout 4 7-03-2011 10:34 Pagina 2 9 PANTALEO SPINOLA 19 RODOLFO E 30 STEFANO BALBI † The Strade Nuove and (Banco di Chiavari e della FRANCESCO BRIGNOLE (Museum of Palazzo Reale) Riviera Ligure) SALE via Balbi, 10 the System of the Palazzi via Garibaldi, 2 (Museums of Strada Nuova, 31 GIORGIO 10 FRANCO LERCARI Palazzo Rosso) CENTURIONE (Lercari Parodi) via Garibaldi, 18 (Durazzo Pallavicini) dei Rolli inscribed on the via Garibaldi, 3 20 GEROLAMO GRIMALDI via Lomellini, 8 11 TOBIA PALLAVICINO (della Meridiana) 32 COSMA CENTURIONE World Heritage List (Camera di Commercio) sal. S. Francesco, 4 via Lomellini, 5 via Garibaldi, 4 21 GIO. CARLO 33 GIO. BATTISTA 12 ANGELO GIOVANNI BRIGNOLE CENTURIONE (Cambiaso) SPINOLA (Durazzo) † (Deutsche Bank) p.zza Meridiana, 2 via del Campo, 1 he Strade Nuove via Garibaldi, 5 22 BARTOLOMEO 34 CIPRIANO PALLAVICINI and the system of 13 GIO. BATTISTA LOMELLINO (Rayper) the Palazzi dei SPINOLA largo Zecca, 4 † p.zza Fossatello, 2 T 35 NICOLÒ SPINOLA Rolli, in Genoa’s historic (Doria)† 23 STEFANO LOMELLINI via Garibaldi, 6 (Balbi Piovera) via San Luca, 14 centre, dates back to 14 NICOLOSIO via Cairoli, 18 36 FRANCESCO late 16th and early 17th GRIMALDI LOMELLINI 24 GIACOMO LOMELLINI (National Gallery of centuries when the The palazzi offer an (Podestà) (Patrone) Palazzo Spinola) Republic of Genoa was extraordinary variety via Garibaldi, 7 largo Zecca, 2 p.zza Pellicceria, 1 of different solutions, 15 LAZZARO E GIACOMO 25 ANTONIOTTO 37 GIO. BATTA at the height of its SPINOLA CATTANEO financial and seafaring feature spectacular GRIMALDI (Cattaneo Adorno) (Belimbau) (Cattaneo di Belforte) power. open staircases, via Garibaldi, 8-10 p.zza della Nunziata, 2 vico S. Luca, 4 courtyards and † 16 NICOLÒ GRIMALDI 26 G. AGOSTINO BALBI 38 GIO. BATTISTA • Inscribed on the World loggias overlooking (Museums of Strada Nuova, (Cattaneo Adorno) GRIMALDI PalazzoTursi) via Balbi, 1 p.zza S. Luca, 2 Heritage List in 2006, gardens, positioned via Garibaldi, 9 27 GIO. FRANCESCO 39 STEFANO DE MARI at different levels in a 17 BALDASSARRE BALBI via S. Luca, 5 • They represent the first relatively tight space. LOMELLINI via Balbi, 2 40 AMBROGIO DI NEGRO example in Europe of an (Campanella) 28 GIACOMO E via S. Luca, 2 via Garibaldi, 12 PANTALEO BALBI 41 EMANUELE FILIBERTO urban development • They also offer an 18 LUCA GRIMALDI via Balbi, 4 DI NEGRO project with a unitary original example of a (Museums of Strada Nuova, 29 FRANCESCO BALBI via Ponte Reale, 2 framework, where the network of public Palazzo Bianco) PIOVERA † 42 DE MARINI-CROCE plans were specially hospitality houses for via Garibaldi, 11 (Raggio) piazza De Marini, 1 via Balbi, 6 parcelled out by a public visits of state. The authority and a owners of these particular system of palazzi were obliged † ‘public lodging’, based to host state visits, 18 VIA GARIBALDI PIAZZA on legislation, as thus contributing to 16 PORTELLO decreed by the Senate the dissemination of 19 14 12 10 in 1576. knowledge of an 17 VIA GARIBALDI architectural model 15 8 7 11 • The site includes an and a residential 13 9 ensemble of culture which 6 A C † PIAZZA Z O Renaissance and attracted famous AZ R PI V FONTANE 3 E MAROSE T SA T Baroque palaces along artists and travellers. L O IT A 4 S . C the so-called “new AT 5 ER OLI INA 1 CC 2 LU streets” (Strade Nuove). VIA PIAZZA LE SOZIGLIA I LARGO LIA G E. LANFRANCO V APR XX A M A O R VI IA V VIALE IV NOVEMBRE © 2011 Sagep Editori Edited by the Municipality of Genoa, Tourism Development and Promotion dept. FREE COPY † † LARGO S. PERTINI e † nzo PIAZZA ROLLI GUIDA 120x200-imm coord ingl:Layout 1 7-03-2011 11:12 Pagina 1 ROLLI GUIDA 120x200-imm coord ingl:Layout 1 7-03-2011 11:12 Pagina 2 ROLLI GUIDA 120x200-imm coord ingl:Layout 1 7-03-2011 11:12 Pagina 3 ROLLI GUIDA 120x200-imm coord ingl:Layout 1 7-03-2011 11:12 Pagina 4 4 GENOA AND ITS TREASURES ROLLI GUIDA 120x200-imm coord ingl:Layout 1 7-03-2011 11:12 Pagina 5 NOT TO BE MISSED The itineraries we suggest will bring you The Golden Gallery of on a journey back in time along streets 1 Palazzo Pallavicino [12] and inside palaces whose magnificence is unequalled in the world. For those Palazzo 2 of you who don’t have much time we Lomellino [17] suggest to visit Palazzo Lomellino, unique Museum for the decoration of its façade, and for 3 of Strada Nuova [27] the spectacular atmosphere of the eighteenth century nymphaeum. If you Palazzo Reale and 4 have more time we reccomend the Falcone Theatre [33] museums of Palazzo Rosso, Palazzo Nazional Gallery Bianco and Palazzo Tursi, that guard art 5 of Palazzo Spinola [37] treasures of extraordinary value. On a beautiful day ask to go up on the belvedere in Palazzo Rosso, from which you will enjoy a striking view of the roofs of the old city. NOT TO BE MISSED 5 ROLLI GUIDA 120x200-imm coord ingl:Layout 1 7-03-2011 11:12 Pagina 6 GENOA “CITY OF THE PALACES” The forty-two Rolli Palaces, STRADA NUOVA THE “RUE DES ROIS” added to the list of UNESCO This is the luxury itinerary of the old town, it World Heritage Sites in 2006, are runs through the most elegant streets of in fact part of a much richer sixteenth and seventeenth century Genoa, heritage, made up of at least 120 those “strade nuove” (new streets) that recognised palaces in the city better represent the reputation of ‘Superb’ town that Genoa managed to attain in the that, between the end of the golden centuries of its financial power. sixteenth and the middle of the The whole itinerary unwinds at 20 meters seventeenth centuries, boasted above the sea level, in a territory that for an extraordinary economic and centuries has been a thin peripheral land, interrupted by some large monasteries, political power in Europe. until imposing noble residential areas were The “rollo” was subdivided into built there. Now those grand palaces host three “bussoli” or levels, public offices, museums, companies, banks assigned to the palaces and luxury antique shops. The first palace we meet on our journey is according to their magnificence Palazzo Doria Spinola [1] today seat of the and beauty. prefecture in Largo Eros Lanfranco, 1. The residence was awarded by Originally built for Antonio Doria, between way of lots, according to the rank 1541 and 1543, it was handed down to the Spinola, who added a storey on to it. The of the guest; first level: cardinals, palace is ascribed to the contribution of princes and viceroy; second level: Bernardino Cantone. From the frescoed feudatories and governors; third hallway you can access the courtyard and a level: subordinate princes and marble staircase that leads to the main floor. The loggia was frescoed in 1584 by ambassadors. Aurelio and Felice Calvi, with views of cities. 6 GENOA AND ITS TREASURES ROLLI GUIDA 120x200-imm coord ingl:Layout 1 7-03-2011 11:12 Pagina 7 left: Palazzo Doria-Spinola, detail of a lunette in the hall frescoed by Giovanni e Luca Cambiaso and detail of the façade. Palazzo Giacomo Spinola dei Marmi. Inside, frescoes by Giovanni and Luca PIETRO PAOLO RUBENS Cambiaso can be admired. A young Rubens arrived in Italy in the After leaving the palace you can walk down summer of 1600, upon invitation of Vincenzo Salita Santa Caterina where, on the left, you Gonzaga to his wedding.
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