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IL CENTRO STORICO

The old heart of the city is grouped around in Piazza San Matteo and Palazzo Spinola on
the Porto Antico and is made up of a hilly the other. The relationship between the old
network of small piazzas, alleys and staircases. town and the port has been a centuries-old
It is the largest medieval centre in Europe problem, largely due to the lack of integration
and is exceptionally well preserved, despite between the two, which was further compli-
persistent neglect in some parts. The area is cated in the 20th century by the building of
home to the cathedral of San Lorenzo and a flyover. A chance to improve the area and
the Palazzo Ducale, the seat of power for to re-establish links with the seafront was
centuries. Both public and private wealth taken in the 1990s: old buildings, such as the
has left its mark in the old town: Palazzo Teatro Carlo Felice, were restored, and new
San Giorgio and the Loggia dei Mercanti projects, including Renzo Piano’s port
on the one hand, the Doria family mansions buildings, were launched.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings Theatres
0 Porta Soprana (or di Sant’Andrea) 6 Teatro Carlo Felice
q Casa di Colombo Churches
o Loggia dei Mercanti
1 San Lorenzo pp56–7
Historic Streets and Piazzas 3 Il Gesù (or Sant’Ambrogio)
4 Piazza De Ferrari 7 Santo Stefano
See Street Finder, maps 5 & 6 t Porto Antico pp64–5 9 Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
i Piazza Banchi in Carignano
s Piazza San Matteo e San Donato
Museums and Galleries r Santa Maria di Castello
a Santa Maria delle Vigne
0 metres 400 5 Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti
8 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Palazzi
0 yards 400
Giacomo Doria 2 Palazzo Ducale
w Museo di Sant’Agostino u Palazzo San Giorgio
y Aquarium pp66–7
p Palazzo Spinola di Pellicceria
Darsena

Calata VIA A. GRAMSCI
Salumi
Ponte
Calvi Calata V. DELLA MADDALENA
Rotonda
Ponte PIAZZA
Spinola LEPRE
San Giorgio
V. SOZIGLIA
Ponte
Embriaco VIC. D. CASANA
PIAZZA
PIAZZETTA DELLE
V. TURATI VIA SAN LORENZO PIAZZA De V. VERNAZZA VIA B. BOSCO
PORTA
DEL MOLO SCUOLE
VIA
DEL MOLO
PIAZZA V. CHIABRERA MATTEOTTI DANTE Ferrari
VICO MALATTI
VIA
CAVOUR V. CECCARDI VIA XX SETTEMBRE
STR AD A SOPRAELEVATA ALDO M ORO
VIA SAN BERNARDO
PIAZZA
DANTE
PASSO DEL COLLE GALLERIA CORSO PODESTÀ V. DEGLI ARCHI VIA I. FRUGONI V. MARAGLIANO V. D. FIASELLA VIA CESAREA GRANELLO
V. DI MASCHERONA
Sarzano V. EUGENIA RAVASCO VIA G. D'ANNUNZIO VIA FIESCHI SALITA S. LEONARDO V. IPPOLITO D'ASTE V. V. BRIGATA LIGURIA
C. COLOMBO
V. DELLA MARINA
CORSO M. QUADRIO
VIA G. AESSI V. G. MACAGGI
PIAZZA
CARIGNANO
SALITA SASSI
The iconic fountain in front of Banca Carige in Piazza De Ferrari For map symbols see back flap
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