Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Genoa, Italy

The church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernard - also known as the church of San Bernardino - is a place of worship in Genoa, Italy. It is located on the upper San Rocchino hill and is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto. The building is home to the mother house of the Capuchin friars of the Ligurian Province.

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The church of San Paolo is a religious building in Genoa, in the Castelletto district in Via Acquarone, and its parish community is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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The church of Sant'Anna, with the adjoining Convent and Ancient Pharmacy of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers, is a place of Catholic worship in the Genoese district of Castelletto. The church, which overlooks a small churchyard paved with pebbles and bricks and surrounded by tall plane trees, with the adjoining Salita Superiore Sant'Anna and Salita Bachernia, is an unexpected place of particular beauty, characterized by an atmosphere of yesteryear just a few steps from the center of Genoa.

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The Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art in Genoa, Italy is an important collection of Asian art, one of the most significant collections in Europe and in Italy, along with the museums of Venice and Rome.

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Guglielmo Embriaco, was a Genoese merchant and military leader who came to the assistance of the Crusader States in the aftermath of the First Crusade. Embriaco is considered one of the founders of what would become the Republic of Genoa.

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Andrea Doria, Prince of Melfi was a Genoese statesman, condottiero, and admiral, who played a key role in the Republic of Genoa during his lifetime.

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The church of Santa Marta is a religious building in Genoa, located in Piazza Corvetto.

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The church of Santa Maria Maddalena and San Gerolamo Emiliani, known simply as the church of Maddalena, is a religious building located in the square of the historic center of Genoa; the church gives its name to the district of Maddalena. The present church was built between the end of the 16th and the first half of the 17th century on the site of an older religious building. Its parish community is part of the vicariate "West Centre" of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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San Matteo is a Roman Catholic church in Genoa, in the region of Liguria, Italy.

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The Loggia della Mercanzia is one of the most representative buildings in the historical centre of Genoa. It is located in Piazza Banchi, at the corner with Via San Luca, in the ancient sestiere of the Maddalena, not far from the church of San Pietro in Banchi, in the commercial heart of the ancient city.

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The Bigo is an architectural structure in the Old Port of Genoa.

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The National Galleries of Palazzo Spinola is a state museum located in a noble palace built at the end of the sixteenth century, located in the heart of the historic center of Genoa. Located in Piazza di Pellicceria at number 1, it was included on 13 July 2006 in the list of 42 palaces registered in the Rolli of Genoa declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on that date.

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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.

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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.

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

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The church of San Nicola da Tolentino is a religious building in Genoa on the Madonnetta climb, on the way to the sanctuary of the Madonnetta, and its parish community is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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The Museum of Cultures of the World is one of the museums of Genoa, open on the occasion of Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004 within the Castello d'Albertis, an ancient home of the captain Enrico Alberto d'Albertis on the Colle di Montegalletto. Located in the Castelletto district, it hosts cultural events and the permanent exposure of the collections collected by D'Albertis himself, integrated by other more recent acquisitions.

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