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The historic center of Genoa is the core of the old town organized in the maze of alleys (caruggi) of medieval origin that runs - from east to west - from the hill of Carignano (Genoa) to the Genova Piazza Principe railway station, close to what was once the Palazzo del Principe, residence of Admiral Andrea Doria.
The regained pride gave back to the city the consciousness of being capable of looking to the future without forgetting its past. The resumption of several flourishing hand-crafting activities, far-back absent from the caruggi of the old town, is a direct evidence of it. The restoration of many of Genoa's churches and palaces in the 1980s and ...
The walls of Genoa (mura di Genova in Italian, miage de Zena in Ligurian) constitute in their whole the several circles of walls that protected and defended the city of Genoa, former capital of the homonymous republic. To this day, large portions of these walls remain, and Genoa has more and longer walls than any other city in Italy.
View of old harbour. The three neighbourhoods of the old town of Genoa overlook the old harbour. The sea front of Maddalena coincides with the quays in front of Piazza Caricamento. [4] In the Middle Ages the harbour was strictly linked to the city, but in 1536 new city walls were built that divided for a long time the city and the port. [4]
1747 - Siege of Genoa. 1770 - Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi built. 1775 - Biblioteca Civica Berio (library) established. 1777 - The newspaper Avvisi started to be printed. 1794 - Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi established. 1797 - Genoa becomes part of Ligurian Republic. Map of Genoa, ca.1800. 1800 April - Siege of ...
The Rolli di Genova—more precisely, the Rolli degli alloggiamenti pubblici di Genova (Italian for "Lists of the public lodgings of Genoa") were the official lists at the time of the Republic of Genoa of the private palaces and mansions, belonging to the most distinguished Genoese families, which—if chosen through a public lottery—were obliged to host on behalf of the Government the most ...
Molo is located south east in the old town of Genoa and includes three zones: Hill of Castello, seat of the first city settlement (6th century B.C.), in a dominant position on the harbour. The portion of old town at the foot of the hill of Castello, for many centuries seat of political and religious power of the city, with the Doge's Palace and ...
The central area corresponding to Via Giulia, Via della Consolazione, and Via Porta Pia, map published in 1906, [5] after the construction of Via XX Settembre. Via XX Settembre in 1907, during a parade The operations of removing the original stone paving of the street, in 1929 In the background: Piazza della Vittoria and Corte Lambruschini The ...