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to Pegli, a residential area to the west, its the Romanesque style, while the façade is Palazzo della Regione Liguria (Liguria Regional Serra, and Villa Grimaldi Fassio. Today the ancient buildings and churches, hilltop forts, Gothic. Through the centuries, the cathedral Administration House) built in 1920 and by the villas house prominent museums: the Modern the airport and Genoa’s landmark lighthouse, has undergone several changes that have New Stock Exchange, or Palazzo della Nuova Art Gallery (13M10) (open Tuesday through known as the Lanterna. (Trips depart daily from altered the style of the interior. The largest of Borsa, built in 1912. Sunday, 10 am to 7 pm), the Frugone Art next to the Aquarium, in the Porto Antico). the side chapels is dedicated to Saint John Collections (16M11) (open Tuesday through the Baptist, patron saint of the city of Genoa. Piazza San Matteo (134) Friday, 9 am to 7 pm; Saturday and Sunday 10 Palazzo Ducale (43) Dating back to 1465, this chapel is in the This square dates back to the early Middle am to 7 pm; closed on Monday), with paintings Starting from the 1500s, Palazzo Ducale was Renaissance style. The side chapels at the head Ages and is a prominent example of urban from the late 19th century, and the Wolfsonian the seat of the government of the Republic of the aisles and the chancel date back to the aristocratic settlement. It is lined with buildings Collection (17M10) (open Wednesday through of Genoa. The building has a medieval wing, 16th and 17th centuries. An unexploded bomb whose façades are clad in distinctive black and Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm; closed on Monday and right by the Grimaldina Tower, and a central from the Second World War stands at the end white stripes. Along with its 14th century church Tuesday), which is mostly dedicated to modern part built between the 16th and the 17th of the right hand side aisle. The rooms which and adjoining cloister, Piazza San Matteo once applied arts. The Luxoro Museum (15M11), a centuries. Burnt down during the 18th century, are adjacent to the Sacristy house the Museum belonged to the powerful Doria family, who mansion dating back to the early 20th century, the original palazzo has been replaced of the Treasure of San Lorenzo, set up by played a key role in the history of the Republic is in the Nervi-Capolungo neighbourhood. by a new Neo-classical building. Palazzo Franco Albini in 1956. The museum houses of Genoa. Andrea Doria was born in the (Open Tuesday through Friday, 9 am to 1 pm; Ducale has now become Genoa’s cultural relics and works of sacred art from the 12th to palazzo on the corner and his remains rest in closed on Sunday and Monday). hub with important exhibitions and events the 18th century. (Church Opening time: 8-12 am the crypt of the church. hosted within on a regular basis. The palace and 3-7 pm; Museum Opening time: 9-12 am The Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno dungeons are well worth a visit: among others, and 3-6 pm; closed on Sundays and holidays). Spianata di Castelletto (18 area metropolitana) the famous composer Niccolò Paganini and (Belvedere Montaldo) (157) This cemetery is considered to be one of the freedom fighter Jacopo Ruffini both served Piazza Banchi This wonderful viewpoint offers some of the most beautiful and interesting in Europe, time here. (Opening hours for the Torre Close to the town’s most important harbour most scenic views in town, overlooking the a proper outdoor museum. Planned by Grimaldina: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 area, this square was first used as a farmers’ rooftops of the old town, the port and the architect Carlo Barabino in 1835, it contains am to 1 pm and again from 3 pm to 6 pm). market. In the 12th century the area was taken Lanterna lighthouse. The Spianata can be over by merchants for the exchange of their reached by taking the Art Nouveau-style Chiesa del Gesù (106) goods and by the houses of patrician families. elevator from Piazza Portello. This church is also known as Chiesa dei Santi During the 13th century, the square was used Ambrogio e Andrea. The original building by bankers, who conducted their currency Corso Italia and Boccadasse was constructed during the 6th century by exchange business out in the open. In order to Corso Italia is Genoa’s main seaside the Bishop of Milan fleeing Langobard supply them with a sheltered place to work in, promenade, popular with families, joggers and persecutions. The present church dates back the Loggia dei Mercanti (78) was built in the skaters alike. It is dotted along its entire length to the 16th century and belongs to the Jesuit 16th century, according to designs by Andrea with bars and restaurants, some of which lie Order. A fine example of Genoese Baroque, Ceresola, called Vannone. From 1855 onwards, on the scenic terraces of private beaches. this building houses The Circumcision and the the Loggia became the seat of the first Stock Rising high on the left of the Promenade, at Miracle of Saint Ignatius by Rubens as well as Exchange in . The Church San Pietro in its very beginning, is the Church Santi Pietro Guido Reni’s Assumption. Banchi (136) stands to the right of the Loggia e Bernardo alla Foce, with paintings by and is a unique example of a place of worship Genoese baroque artists. Further along, on Porta Soprana placed above business premises. This peculiar the right, is San Giuliano Abbey (18L4) with and ’ House (51) mix of sacred and profane was the result of a paintings from the 1500s. The Porta Soprana Gate is also known as Saint Andrew’s Gate from the nearby hilltop monastery knocked down in 1904. The Gate opens out into the so-called Barbarossa Walls, which date back to the 12th century and were meant to protect the freedom of the Republic from the Emperor’s expansionist aims. Not far from the Porta Soprana is the museum- house of Christopher Columbus (72): this is an 18th-century reconstruction of the building where the discoverer of America lived, as the original was bombed by the French in 1684. A 12th-century cloister belonging to the ancient monastery of Saint Andrew stands next to Columbus’s house. (Opening times for Christopher Columbus’s house and the Porta Soprana: Saturday – Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm). compromise between the Lomellino family Corso Italia ends at Boccadasse (29L5), a the Cappella dei Suffragi or Pantheon, which San Lorenzo Cathedral (96) who wished to use the area for business fishing village full of local charm. From the preserves the memory of great Genoese Built between the 12th and 14th centuries, the purposes and the population of the district scenic viewpoint, walk down along the creuza figures. The Boschetto Irregolare, whose sides and side portals of the cathedral are in who needed to build a church in order to fulfil (narrow alleyway) to the small beach. From design was inspired by Romantic gardens, a vow. (The church opens daily from 10 am to here carry on to Capo di Santa Chiara (4L5) is home to the graves of Giuseppe Mazzini 7 pm). for lovely views of the coastline, all the way to and other heroes of the Risorgimento, while Portofino. Today Boccadasse is best known for hundreds of monuments by sculptors of Piazza De Ferrari its ice-cream parlours (gelaterie) and typical international renown and dating back to the It is the main square in Genoa with its fish restaurants. 19th and 20th centuries are found along the monumental fountain built in 1936. Designed galleries and porticoes that make up the core in 1821 by Carlo Barabino, together with the Nervi of the original cemetery. The most notable nearby Carlo Felice Theatre (145) and the This residential area in the easternmost portion include “The Nut Seller” by Lorenzo Orengo, building of the Accademia Ligustica di of Genoa was a favourite destination of the the Bracelli Spinola Memorial by Santo Varni, Belle Arti (Ligurian Academy of Fine European aristocracy between the late 19th and the Oneto Memorial by Giulio Monteverde Arts) (85), the square is also limited the early 20th centuries. Much of its charm is in and the Carpaneto Memorial by Giovanni by one side of the Palazzo its seaside walk, Passeggiata Anita Garibaldi Scanzi. (Open daily, from 7.30 am to 4.30 pm; Ducale, whose main entrance (31M10), which runs across the top of the rocky free guided tours start from the Statue of Faith opens out laterally onto seashore, and its park, which encompasses at 9.30 am and 11 am every second weekend Matteotti Square, by the the gardens of three villas: Villa Gropallo, Villa of the month).

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