Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #12 in Genoa, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 13.8 km
Ascend 747 m
Descend 1031 m

Explore Genoa in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Genoa

Sight 1: Forte Castellaccio

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Forte Castellaccio is a fortified work included in the "New Walls" to defend the city, built along the branch of the defensive wall that descended from Forte Sperone along the ridge of Val Bisagno.

Wikipedia: Forte Castellaccio (IT)

1727 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 2: Santuario della Madonnetta

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The sanctuary of the Madonnetta or, more precisely, the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Assumption of Carbonara, is one of the main Marian sanctuaries in the province of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Santuario della Madonnetta (IT), Website

1782 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 3: Villa del Principe

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The Villa del Principe, Palazzo del Principe, or Palace of Andrea Doria in Fassolo is one of the main historical suburban villas of Genoa, Italy. It was built in the 16th century in an area that it is now located in the city center, but at the time of the construction of the villa was just outside of the city walls towards Capo di Faro and the Lanterna.

Wikipedia: Villa del Principe (EN), Website

835 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: Santuario di San Francesco da Paola

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The sanctuary of San Francesco da Paola is located in the Genoese district of San Teodoro, on a hill at 132 m a.s.l. in a panoramic position overlooking the city and the port.

Wikipedia: Santuario di San Francesco da Paola (Genova) (IT)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Oratorio del Rosario

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The Oratory of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Roman Catholic oratory in Genoa, Italy, located on the San Francesco da Paola hill, in the San Teodoro district. It is the seat of the confraternity of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Theodore.

Wikipedia: Oratorio del Rosario (Genova) (IT)

614 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Villa Rosazza

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Villa Di Negro Rosazza known as "dello Scoglietto" or "lo Scoglietto" is a villa in Genoa, located in Piazza Dinegro 3, in the district of San Teodoro, municipality II Centro-Ovest. It was built in 1565 for the Doge Ambrogio Di Negro or his son Orazio in an area that, at that time, was outside the city walls, in a panoramic position overlooking the sea. Passed to the Durazzo family, it was remodeled in neoclassical style at the end of the eighteenth century by the architect Tagliafichi. In the nineteenth century, the construction of the Turin-Genoa railway line compromised the integrity of the park and led to the construction of new access ramps to the road surface.

Wikipedia: Villa Rosazza (IT)

905 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa di San Marcellino

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Chiesa di San Marcellino

The church of San Marcellino is a Catholic parish church of Genoa, located in the San Teodoro district, in via Bologna, 8

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

1766 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo di Promontorio

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The church of San Bartolomeo Apostolo is an Italian Catholic place of worship, located in Promotorio, a town in the Genoese district of Sampierdarena. His parish community is part of the Vicariate of Sampierdarena of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo di Promontorio (IT)

1312 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 9: Villa Negrone Moro

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The Villa Negrone Moro is an architecture in Genoa probably dating back to the sixteenth century. Much altered in structure, it is flanked by a residual shred of the demolished Villa Pallavicini Moro.

Wikipedia: Villa Negrone Moro (IT)

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Villa Grimaldi

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Villa Grimaldi Comune di Genova / CC BY-SA 3.0

Villa Grimaldi, also known as the Fortress, is a historic noble residence in the Genoese district of Sampierdarena, built in the sixteenth century for the Grimaldi family.

Wikipedia: Villa Grimaldi (La Fortezza) (IT)

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Villa Lercari Sauli 'La Semplicità'

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Villa Lercari Sauli, known as "la Semplici" is a historic noble residence in the Genoese district of Sampierdarena, built in the sixteenth century for the Lercari family.

Wikipedia: Villa Lercari Sauli (IT)

388 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Cella

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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Cella FC-1982 / CC BY-SA 2.0

The church of Santa Maria della Cella is an Italian Roman Catholic place of worship located in the municipality of Genoa, seat of the parish of "Santa Maria della Cella e San Martino" and the vicariate of Sampierdarena of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Cella (IT)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Teatro Gustavo Modena

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The Gustavo Modena theater, or Teatro Modena, is an Italian theater, located in Genoa in the Sampierdarena district. Since 2018 it is part of the National Theater of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Teatro Gustavo Modena (Genova) (IT), Url

1194 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 14: Santuario di Nostra Signora di Belvedere

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1291 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di San Giovanni Bosco e San Gaetano

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The Church of San Giovanni Bosco e San Gaetano, commonly called the Church of San Gaetano, is a Catholic religious building in the Genoese district of Sampierdarena. His parish community is part of the Vicariate of Sampierdarena of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovanni Bosco e San Gaetano (IT)

939 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 16: Forte Belvedere

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Forte Belvedere

Forte Belvedere is a fortified work, of which several testimonies still remain today, which was part of the detached defensive fortifications of Genoa, located on the hill of the same name, on the heights of Sampierdarena.

Wikipedia: Forte Belvedere (Genova) (IT)

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