Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Genoa, Italy

The Neptune is a vessel inspired in a generic and imaginative way by a Spanish vessel of the late seventeenth century.

Wikipedia: Neptune (galeone) (IT)

The Aquarium of Genoa is the largest aquarium in Italy. Located in the Old Harbour area of Genoa, Italy, the 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m2) aquarium is a member organization of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), and welcomes more than 1.2 million visitors each year.

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The palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi is a building located in vico San Luca at no. 4 in the historical centre of Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi (Vico San Luca) (EN)

The church of San Luca is a place of Catholic worship located in the homonymous square of the historic center of Genoa, in the Maddalena district. His parish community is part of the vicariate "historic center" of the archdiocese of Genoa. The internal decoration and the works of art of Domenico Piola, Filippo Parodi and the Grechetto are among the highest realizations of the Genoese Baroque. The parish priest has the title of provost of San Luca and Abbot of S. Defendente.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Luca (Genova) (IT)

The Palazzo Stefano De Mari is a building located in Via San Luca in the Mercato di Banchi area in the historic centre of Genoa. On 13 July 2006 it was included in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage sites announced by UNESCO.

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The Palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi is a building located in Piazza San Luca at number 2 in the historical centre of Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date. The Church of San Luca (Genoa) is located in the same square.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Gio. Battista Grimaldi (Piazza San Luca) (EN)

The church of Santa Maria Maddalena and San Gerolamo Emiliani, known simply as the church of the Magdalene, is a religious building located in the square of the same name in the historic center of Genoa; the church gives its name to the Maddalena district. The current church was built between the end of the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth on the site of an older religious building. His parish community is part of the "Centro Ovest" vicariate of the archdiocese of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena (Genova) (IT)

The Cattaneo Adorno Palace, also known as the Lazzaro and Giacomo Spinola Palace, is a historic Italian building, located in Via Garibaldi 8 and 10, in the historic center of Genoa. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli that were designated, at the time of the Republic of Genoa, to host high-ranking guests during state visits on behalf of the Genoese government.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Cattaneo-Adorno (IT)

The palazzo Baldassarre Lomellini also known as palazzo di Cristoforo Spinola or palazzo Campanella is a building located in via Garibaldi at number 12 in the historical centre of Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Campanella o di Baldassarre Lomellini (EN)

Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which includes a number of streets and palaces in the center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy.The Strade Nuove are a group of streets built by the Genoese aristocracy during the expansion of the city at a time when the Republic of Genoa was at the height of its financial and seafaring power. These are Via Giuseppe Garibaldi and Via Balbi, later followed by Via Cairoli. The Palazzi dei Rolli are a group of palaces - most of which also date from the late 16th and early 17th centuries - which were associated to a particular system of ‘public lodging’ in private residences, whereby notable guests on State visit to the Republic were hosted in one of these palaces on behalf of the State.

Wikipedia: Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (EN)

Palazzo Bianco is one of the main buildings of the center of Genoa, Italy. It is situated at 11, via Garibaldi.

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The Gio Carlo Brignole Palace is a historic Italian building, located in Piazza della Meridiana 2, in the historic center of Genoa. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli that were designated, at the time of the Republic of Genoa, to host high-ranking guests during state visits on behalf of the Genoese government.

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The National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola is a state museum located inside Palazzo Spinola di Pellicceria, a sixteenth-century noble building located at number 1 of Piazza di Pellicceria, in the heart of the historic center of Genoa. On 13 July 2006 it was included in the list of forty-two palaces registered with the Rolli of Genoa, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A splendid example of an aristocratic residence between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the museum houses works of exceptional value such as the Ecce Homo by Antonello da Messina, the Portrait of Ansaldo Pallavicino by Antoon van Dyck and the Portrait of Giovanni Carlo Doria on horseback by Peter Paul Rubens. The third floor is occupied by the National Gallery of Liguria, where, according to the will of the last two owners, the marquises Paolo and Franco Spinola, who in 1958 donated the building to the State so that it would become a public museum, the state's artistic acquisitions are exhibited.

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The Nicolò Spinola Palace is a historic Italian building, located in Via San Luca at number 14, in the historic center of Genoa, included on July 13, 2006 in the list among the 42 palaces registered in the Rolli of Genoa that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on that date.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Nicolò Spinola di San Luca (IT)

The basilica of San Siro, one of the oldest churches in Genoa, Liguria, is a Catholic place of worship located in the street of the same name, in the Maddalena district. Erected according to tradition in the fourth century, it was initially dedicated to the twelve apostles; the holy bishop Siro was buried there and it became the first cathedral of Genoa. His parish community is part of the "Centro Ovest" vicariate of the archdiocese of Genoa. The very rich interior is among the most representative of the Genoese Baroque.

Wikipedia: Basilica di San Siro (Genova) (IT)

The church of San Pancrazio is found in central Genoa, in front of the piazza named after the same saint. A church at the site was first linked to the nearby Benedictine Abbey of San Siro in the 11th century. A document from the 16th century notes that the church had been for centuries endowed by prominent Genoese families including the Calvi and Pallavicini. The present layout dates into the 18th century. In 1684, the church was demolished by the bombardment of Genoa by the naval forces of Louis XIV of France. The architect Antonio Maria Ricca designed the present structure. The church was again damaged by aerial bombing during the Second World War. It is now attached to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta as evidenced by the cross above the portal.

Wikipedia: San Pancrazio, Genoa (EN), Website

The Gio Battista Centurione Palace, also known as Palazzo Centurione Cambiaso or Palazzo Andrea Pitto, is an Italian historic building, located in Piazza Fossatello 3, in the historic center of Genoa. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli that were designated, at the time of the Republic of Genoa, to host high-ranking guests during state visits on behalf of the Genoese government.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Gio Battista Centurione (IT)

The palazzo Cipriano Pallavicini is a building located in the historical centre of Genoa in Piazza Fossatello at number 2, which is one of the 42 palaces included in the site called Le Strade Nuove e il Sistema dei Palazzi dei Rolli di Genova that became part of the UNESCO World Heritage on 13 July 2006.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Cipriano Pallavicini (EN)

The church of San Marcellino is a Catholic place of worship in the Prè district, in the historic center of Genoa; the church is located in Piazza San Marcellino, in the alleys between Via del Campo and Via Gramsci. Parish church until 1936, it is now officiated by the Jesuit fathers linked to the San Marcellino Association.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Marcellino (Genova) (IT)

The infamous column is a historic column located in Genoa, in Piazza Vacchero, in the Prè district.

Wikipedia: Colonna infame (Genova) (IT)

The Cosmo Centurione Palace, also known as the Durazzo Pallavicini Palace, is an Italian historic building, located in via Lomellini 8, in the historic center of Genoa. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli that were designated, at the time of the Republic of Genoa, to host high-ranking guests during state visits on behalf of the Genoese government.

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The Palazzo Giorgio Centurione is a building located in Via Lomellini at no. 5 in the historical centre of Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Giorgio Centurione (EN)

The Museum of the Risorgimento - Mazzinian Institute is a museum center in Genoa, established in 1934, entirely dedicated to the events of the Italian Risorgimento and, in particular, to some prominent figures of that specific moment in Italian history closely linked to the Ligurian capital, such as Giuseppe Mazzini, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Goffredo Mameli, author of the Canto degli Italiani, the Italian national anthem.

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San Filippo Neri is a Baroque-style church on via Lomellini in central Genoa.

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The Palazzo Lomellini-Doria Lamb', also called Palazzo Stefano Lomellini, is a building located in Via Cairoli (Genoa) at number 18 in the historical centre of Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova, which on that date became World Heritage by UNESCO.

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Palazzo Bartolomeo Lomellino is a historic Italian building, located in largo Zecca 4, in the historic center of Genoa. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli that were designated, at the time of the Republic of Genoa, to host high-ranking guests during state visits on behalf of the Genoese government.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Bartolomeo Lomellini (IT)

The Giacomo Patrone Lomellini Palace, also known as Palazzo Patrone, is an Italian historic building, located in largo Zecca 2, in the historic center of Genoa. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli that were designated, at the time of the Republic of Genoa, to host high-ranking guests during state visits on behalf of the Genoese government.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Giacomo Lomellini (IT)

The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Agnes is one of the historic churches of Genoa. It is located in the district known as the Carmine in via Brignole De Ferrari, a short distance from the central via Balbi; his parish community is part of the "Centro Ovest" vicariate of the archdiocese of Genoa. The prior of N.S. del Carmine has the title of abbot.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Carmine e Sant'Agnese (IT)

The palazzo Belimbau, also known as palazzo Antoniotto Cattaneo or Palazzo Francesco De Ferrari, is a building located in Piazza della Nunziata at number 2 in Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Belimbau (EN)

The Gio Francesco Balbi Palace, also known as the Balbi Cattaneo Palace, is a historic Italian building, located in Via Balbi 2, also overlooking Piazza della Nunziata, in the historic center of Genoa. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli that were designated, at the time of the Republic of Genoa, to host high-ranking guests during state visits on behalf of the Genoese government.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Gio Francesco Balbi (IT)

The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato is the Catholic cathedral of Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th century.

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Santi Vittore e Carlo is a Baroque-style church on Via Balbi in central Genoa, Italy. Originally belonging to the Discalced Carmelite Order, the church was constructed in the shape of a Latin Cross between 1629 and 1635 from a design by Bartolomeo Bianco. Designs by Eugenio Durazzo were incorporated in 1743 with the construction of a façade.

Wikipedia: Santi Vittore e Carlo, Genoa (EN)

The palazzo Francesco Maria Balbi Piovera' is a building located in via Balbi at number 6 in the historical centre of Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date. The building, also known by the name of palazzo Raggio from the name of the armor who purchased it in the 19th century, is today the seat of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Balbi Piovera Raggio (EN)

San Sisto is a Roman Catholic church in Genoa, Italy, located in Centro-Est quartiere of Prè, near the railway station of Genova Piazza Principe.

Wikipedia: San Sisto, Genoa (EN)

Nazario Sauro was the lead boat of the Sauro-class submarines of the Italian Navy.

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The Galata - Museo del mare is a maritime museum in the Italian city of Genoa. It is the largest museum of its kind in the Mediterranean area and also one of the most modern in Italy. The museum is located on the grounds of the Porto Antico, in the Palazzo Galata in the Darsena district, where galleys were built in the Republic of Genoa era. It is close to downtown Genoa, the Port of Genoa, and within walking distance of Genova Principe train station and Darsena metro stop. It opened in 2004 as part of Genoa's 2004 European Capital of Culture celebration.

Wikipedia: Galata – Museo del mare (EN), Website