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LE STRADE NUOVE

Walking around the district known as Le the old, adapting Renaissance designs to
Strade Nuove (or “new streets”) – along Via the uneven terrain. The artist Rubens held
Balbi and Via Garibaldi in particular – visitors the palazzi on Via Garibaldi in such high
are drawn taken back to the era of the 16th esteem that he made detailed drawings for
and 17th centuries, when Genoa dominated a 1622 publication. The palazzi typically
much of Europe in the field of finance. The have loggias and hanging gardens, designed
“Genoese Century”, or golden age, lasted to disguise the steep slopes, and are the
from 1528 to 1630, when the power of work of several architects. Foremost among
several families was at its height. They poured them was Galeazzo Alessi who found an
their legendary wealth into new buildings ideal model in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
and art commis sions. The Centro Storico (built in 1529 for Andrea Doria), which
was not touched since they preferred to continued to inspire the palaces built for
build magnificent, new buildings alongside the Balbi family in the 17th century.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings Palazzi
9 Albergo dei Poveri 4 Palazzo Doria-Tursi
q Palazzo dell’Università
Historic Streets and Squares w Palazzo Reale
1 Piazza Fontane Marose t Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
3 Via Garibaldi (or del Principe)
0 Via Balbi
Churches
Museums and Galleries
2 Museo di Arte Orientale Edoardo e San Giovanni di Pré and
La Commenda
Chiossone
5 Palazzo Rosso pp76–9 7 San Siro See Street Finder, maps 2,
8 Santissima Annunziata del Vastato
6 Galleria di Palazzo Bianco 5 & 6
r Galata Museo del Mare
PIAZZETTA
MARCHI
GIARDINI
PELLIZZARI
C O R S O F I R E N Z E
VIA PERTINACE
SAL. NEVE CORSO DOGALI PIAZZALE SALITA SAN NICCOLÒ C O R S O F I R E N Z E
VIA K ASSALA
Principe Stazione BRIGNOLE
Principe PIAZZA S AL. FAM AGOSTA
V. DORIA Principe ACQUAVERDE ORTO CORSO D O G ALI
BOTANICO VIA BRIG. DE FE RRARI FUNICOLARE ZECCA RIGHI CORSO CARBONARA
VIA A. DORIA
MACELLARI
VICO
VIA ALPINI D'ITALIA VIA BALBI V. BELLUCCI
GIOVANNI
SALITA S.
VIA ADUA RUBATTINO V. BOCCANEGRA PIAZZA
PASSO PIETRAMINUTA
V. FANTI D'ITALIA
VIA
STRADA SOPRAELEVATA ALDO MORO Darsena V. FONTANE BANDIERA ZECCA Zecca SALITA S. GEROLAMO
VIA DI PRE
P.TTA
Calata
VIA ANTONIO GRAMSCI
VIA VIVALDI
CAMPO
VIA TARGA
Limbania
S. SABINA LARGO
SALITA
BATTISTINE
V. D. CAMPO
G A L L . G A R I B A L D I
VIA CAIROLI
VIA L. LOMELLINI
Piazza VIA PIAGGIO
Portello N. BIXIO
V. G. GARIBALDI
GALLERIA
PIAZZA
CORVETTO
0 metres 500 SALITA S. CATERINA
VIA S. SEBASTIANO VIA ROMA
0 yards 500
Stunning interior of the Santissima Annunziata del Vastato For map symbols see back flap
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