Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Genoa, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 218 m
Descend 206 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: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Rimedio

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Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Rimedio Alessio Sbarbaro Yoggysot / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of Our Lady of the Remedy is a place of Catholic worship located in the Foce district, in Piazza Gaetano Alimonda, in the municipality of Genoa in the metropolitan city of Genoa. The church is the seat of the parish of the same name in the Vicariate of Carignano-Foce of the Archdiocese of Genoa. The church is also known by the Genoese as the Church of the Angel because from 1712 the building was officiated by a confraternity, named after the Guardian Angel, which remained there for 84 years.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Rimedio (IT)

748 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di Nostra Signora Assunta e Santa Zita

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The church of Our Lady of the Assumption and Santa Zita is a Catholic place of worship located in the area of Borgo Pila in the Foce district, between Via di Santa Zita and Corso Buenos Aires, in the municipality of Genoa in the metropolitan city of Genoa. The church is the seat of the parish of the same name in the Vicariate of Albaro of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora Assunta e Santa Zita (IT)

525 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Arco ai Caduti

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The Arco della Vittoria, also known as Monumento ai Caduti or Arco dei Caduti, is a memorial arch located in Piazza della Vittoria in Genoa, Italy. It is dedicated to the Genoese who died during World War I, and it was inaugurated on 31 May 1931.

Wikipedia: Arco della Vittoria (EN)

355 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Teatro della Gioventù

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Teatro della Gioventù is an Italian theatre based in Genoa, Italy.

Wikipedia: Teatro della Gioventù (IT)

512 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Consolazione

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Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Consolazione Alessio Sbarbaro / CC BY-SA 2.5

The church of the Madonna della Consolazione e San Vicenzo Martire, also called Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Consolazione is a church in Genoa, Italy.

Wikipedia: Nostra Signora della Consolazione e San Vincenzo martire (Genoa) (EN)

613 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Casa di Cristoforo Colombo

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The Christopher Columbus House in Genoa, Italy, is an 18th-century reconstruction of the house in which Christopher Columbus grew up.

Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus House (EN)

49 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Porta Soprana

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The Porta Soprana or Porta di Sant'Andrea was one of the entrance gates to the city of Genoa. One of the main medieval stone buildings in the Ligurian capital, it is located on the top of the Piano di Sant'Andrea, from which it takes its name.

Wikipedia: Porta Soprana (IT)

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

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Sant'Agostino is a church in the historical center of Genoa, northern Italy. It is today deconsecrated, sometimes used for representations of the nearby Teatro della Tosse theatre company.

Wikipedia: Sant'Agostino, Genoa (EN)

40 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Teatro della Tosse

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The Luzzati Foundation - Teatro della Tosse is an Italian non-profit organization based in Genoa. It was founded in 2005 by the theatre company of the Teatro della Tosse, founded in 1975. The foundation manages the Teatro Sant'Agostino with its three halls and, since 2019, also the Teatro del Ponente and the Teatro Villa Duchessa di Galliera.

Wikipedia: Teatro della Tosse (IT)

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di San Donato

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San Donato is a church in Genoa, Northern Italy.

Wikipedia: San Donato, Genoa (EN)

237 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Passione

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Chiesa di Santa Maria in Passione Davide Papalini / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of Santa Maria in Passione was a religious building in the historic center of Genoa, located in the square of the same name on the hill of Castello, in the Molo district. Closed in the nineteenth century due to the laws of suppression of religious orders issued by the Savoy government, the complex including the church was first transformed into barracks and finally became the headquarters of the O. N.M.I., before it was almost completely destroyed during World War II.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Passione (IT)

65 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di Santa Maria di Castello

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Chiesa di Santa Maria di Castello Davide Papalini / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santa Maria di Castello is a church and religious complex in Genoa, Italy. Administrated for a long time by the Dominicans, it is located in the Castello hill of the city, where in the Middle Ages a bishop's fortified castle existed. The church is flanked by the large Tower of the Embriaci.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria di Castello (EN), Url

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Torre degli Embriaci

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The Torre Embriaci, also called Torre degli Embriaci, located in the oldest area of Genoa, where the Castello o Castrum stood. It is the only one of the numerous towers that were located in the current historic center of Genoa to have been spared by the edict of 1196 which wanted to cut all the city towers to 80 palms.

Wikipedia: Embriaci Tower (EN)

3 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Palazzo Embriaci

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Palazzo Giulio Sale, also known as Palazzo Brignole Sale, is a building located in Piazza Embriaci at number 5 in the historic center of Genoa. The building was included in the list of palaces registered with the Rolli of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Giulio Sale (IT)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Oratorio di San Giacomo della Marina

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Oratorio di San Giacomo della MarinaUser:Yoggysot Alessio Sbarbaro / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Oratorio di San Giacomo della Marina is a small chapel or prayer-house at the dockside in Genoa, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina (EN)

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Oratorio di Sant'Antonio Abate della Marina

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Oratorio di Sant'Antonio Abate della MarinaUser:Yoggysot Alessio Sbarbaro / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Oratory of Sant'Antonio Abate, also known as Sant'Antonio Abate alla Marina, is a religious building in the historic center of Genoa, located in vico sotto le Murette, in the Molo district.

Wikipedia: Oratorio di Sant'Antonio Abate (Genova) (IT)

532 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 17: Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano

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Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano Davide Papalini / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santa Maria Assunta is a Renaissance church in Genoa, Italy. It is located in a residential sector called Carignano located on the hills just above the city center, thus the church is also known as Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Assunta, Genoa (EN)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Via Lata

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Chiesa di Santa Maria in Via Lata Alessio Sbarbaro User:Yoggysot / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of Santa Maria in Via Lata, formerly an abbey of the Fieschi family, is a former religious building in Genoa, located on the hill of the same name in the Carignano district. It currently houses a restoration workshop.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Via Lata (Genova) (IT)

564 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore e San Giacomo

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Chiesa del Sacro Cuore e San Giacomo

The Church of the Sacred Heart and San Giacomo di Carignano is a religious building in the Genoese district of Carignano, in Via Jacopo Ruffini. its parish community is part of the "Carignano-Foce" Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore e San Giacomo di Carignano (IT)

520 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 20: Nicolò Garaventa

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Nicolò Garaventa was an Italian teacher.

Wikipedia: Nicolò Garaventa (IT)

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