Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Genoa, Italy
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10.1 km
580 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 GenoaSight 1: Parrocchia di San Paolo
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.
Sight 2: Chiesa di Sant'Anna
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.
Sight 3: Parrocchia N. S. delle Grazie e S. Girolamo
The church of Our Lady of Grazie and San Gerolamo is a cult building in Genoa. It is located between Corso Carbonara and Corso Firenze and is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora delle Grazie e San Gerolamo (IT)
Sight 4: Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
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)
Sight 5: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Carmine e Sant'Agnese
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.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Carmine e Sant'Agnese (IT)
Sight 6: Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato
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.
Wikipedia: Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato (EN)
Sight 7: Palazzo Gio Francesco Balbi
Palazzo Gio Francesco Balbi, also known as Palazzo Balbi Cattaneo, is a building located in Via Balbi at number 2 in the historic center of Genoa, in Piazza della Nunziata, included on July 13, 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces registered in the Rolli of Genoa that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on that date.
Sight 8: Palazzo Francesco Balbi Piovera
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.
Sight 9: Chiesa dei Santi Vittore e Carlo
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.
Sight 10: Orto Botanico dell'Università degli Studi di Genova
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova, also known as the Orto Botanico di Genova, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Genoa, and located at Corso Dogali, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
Sight 11: Castello D'Albertis
D'Albertis Castle is a historical residence in Genoa, north-western Italy. It was the home of sea captain Enrico Alberto d'Albertis and was donated to the city of Genoa on his death in 1932. It currently houses the Museo delle Culture del Mondo, inaugurated in 2004.
Sight 12: Museo delle culture del mondo
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.
Sight 13: Galata Museo del Mare
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.
Sight 14: Oratorio del Rosario
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.
Sight 15: 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)
Sight 16: Chiesa di San Teodoro
The church of San Teodoro, from which the district of the same name takes its name, was one of the oldest churches in Genoa. The original Romanesque church, which had been known since the tenth century, was demolished for urban planning reasons in 1870 and a new one rebuilt on a site not far away. His parish community is part of the Vicariate of San Teodoro-Oregina of the Archdiocese of Genoa.
Sight 17: Villa Negrone Moro
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.
Sight 18: Villa Grimaldi
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.
Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Cella
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.
Sight 20: Teatro Gustavo Modena
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.
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