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Génova / Italia

Génova es una ciudad italiana, capital de la ciudad metropolitana homónima y de la región de Liguria. Con 609 746 habitantes, es la sexta ciudad más poblada del país y la tercera del norte de Italia. El área urbana cuenta con 850 000 habitantes y el área metropolitana genovesa cuenta con 1 510 000 habitantes.[2]​ La vida de la ciudad, desde sus orígenes, estuvo unida a su puerto y a las actividades marineras que fueron el punto de referencia constante de toda su historia política y cultural durante su famosa República de Génova. En el siglo pasado, Génova creció absorbiendo a 25 municipios del litoral y de los valles; actualmente está dividida en 25 circunscripciones y 71 unidades urbanas. Hacia el oeste de Sampierdarena conserva algunas villas de los siglos XVI y XVII. En la ciudad se encuentra el segundo acuario más grande de la Unión Europea.[3]​[4]​

Palazzo Pietro Spinola di San Luca

Génova / Italia

Palazzo Pietro Spinola di San Luca is a 16th-century palace in Piazza di Pellicceria, Genoa, Italy. It is now a private residence, and it remains in good condition. It is one of the Palazzi dei Rolli, but it is not listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. The building faces the Palazzo Spinola di Pellicceria, overlooking the square. The building was included in the rolli of 1588, 1599 and 1614. It still has a well-preserved 16th-century atrium and a grand staircase, part of which was reconstructed after being damaged by bombardment in World War II. The palace's façade contains an ornate marble portal decorated by reliefs of vines and bunches of grapes, and topped by a sculpture of Saint George and the Dragon.

Santa Maria di Castello

Génova / Italia

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. The church, in Romanesque style, was erected before 900 AD. It houses many artworks commissioned by the main noble families of Genoa, by artists such as Francesco Maria Schiaffino, Lorenzo Fasolo, Alessandro Gherardini, Giuseppe Palmieri, Francesco Boccaccino, Pier Francesco Sacchi, Bernardo Castello, Aurelio Lomi and Tommaso Orsolino. Notable are the frescoes with Stories of David and the painted majolicas from the 16th century Genoese school. The high altar is decorated by a marble group of the "Assumption" by Domenico Parodi , while the chapel to the left of the presbytery has a Santa Rosa da Lima by Domenico Piola and a marble cover by Taddeo Carlone. The fourth chapel in the left aisle has a Madonna del Rosario by the workshop of Anton Maria Maragliano, while the first chapel has a painting attributed to Giovanni Battista Paggi . The baptistery has a polyptych from Lombard masters of the 15th century. The main portal is in Tuscan style , and is surmounted by a Gothic lunette of the 14th century with a "Crucifixion". The loggia facing the second cloister has frescoes of Saints, a Madonna and, on the first floor, an Annunciation by Giusto d'Alemagna . In the upper floor has a statue of "St. Catherina of Alexandria" and a marble tabernacle attributed to Domenico Gagini .

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Cella

Génova / Italia

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