The Doge"s Palace was once the home of the Doges of Genoa. It is now a museum and a centre for cultural events and arts ...
Genoa Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo), and is the seat of the Archbishop of Genoa. The cathedral was c ...
The Diocesan museum of Genoa is located is found inside the old residence of the canons of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo and i ...
Porta Soprana is the best-known gate of the ancient walls of Genoa. After major restorations carried out between the 19th and ...
The monumental Porta dei Vacca gate was one of three built from 1155 as part of a defensive wall system. It"s characteri ...
Santa Maria delle Vigne is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Genoa, northern Italy. It is known from the 10th century. T ...
One of the oldest churches in Genoa, San Siro occupies the site of a former church originally dedicated to the apostles. In l ...
Construction of the present Palazzo Reale began in 1618 for the Balbi family. From 1643-1655, work renewed under the directio ...
San Donato dates from the 12th century and is in Romanesque style. It became a parish under archbishop Siro il Porcello, an ...
The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato construction was begun by the Franciscans in 1520 in a site previously ...
Porta Siberia is a massive gate, dating back to 1551-53. It was the work of Galeazzo Alessi and once formed part of the 16th- ...
Santo Stefano church is one of the most outstanding examples of Romanesque architecture in Genoa. It was founded in the Middl ...
Santa Maria di Castello is a church and religious complex located in the Castello hill of the city, where in the Middle Age ...
The Castello d"Albertis was the home of sea captain Enrico Alberto d"Albertis, and was donated to the city of Genoa ...
The Lighthouse of Genoa (Lanterna di Genova) serves as a symbol and a landmark for Genoa. Built of masonry, at 76 m it is the ...
The Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini is a villa with notable 19th-century park in the English romantic style and a small botanical g ...
Forte Diamante is one of the most characteristic forts of Genoa"s entire network of defensive walls. It was built in 175 ...
Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption (Basilica di Nostra Signora Assunta) was constructed during 1610–1624. The Baroque- ...
The Mackenzie Castle is a historical manor in the Castelletto quarter of Genoa. It is an example of Gothic Revival architectu ...
Fortified with angular bastions around a central courtyard and supported by a broad embankment, this mighty fort complex was ...
San Siro di Struppa is a Romanesque-style church in Struppa, a neighborhood of Genoa. Benedictine abbey was founded here in ...
Forte Sperone is the heart of Genoa"s 19th-century fortifications, located right at the apex of the 'Mura Nuove&apo ...
Built during the Napoleonic period at 157 metres above sea level, on a site that was also once home to a monastery, Forte Cro ...
This is one of the best-preserved forts of those that formed the 19th-century defence system of the city of Genoa. Located i ...
Forte Monteratti is a military barracks in Genoa built between 1831 and 1842 by the Government of the House of Savoy to defen ...
Built during the 18th century at 289 metres above sea level, this fort was restored in the 19th century. Damaged during the S ...
Rising on the Camaldoli hills at 415 metres above sea level, this fort owes its name to Cardinal Armand du Plessis de Richeli ...
The walls of Forte Castellaccio also comprise the 19th-century Torre della Specola (1817-1820), built in a polygon shape usin ...