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 A true palazzo |
Via Balbi, 10 Genoa 16126 Italy +39 10 271 0236 |
The Gallery is inside the 17th century building by Stefano Balbi. It was then enlarged by the Durazzo family before passing to the Savoy kingdom in 1824. It is the most important example of a stately home in Genova. This is largely due to the enormous size and splendour of the building. After you have had a look at the peaceful hanging gardens created in 1739, you will come to the monumental staircase which was created to go up to the aristocratic floor. The rooms there are richly decorated with frescoes, paintings and stuccoes. They still contain many of the original furniture and picture galleries. You can also see the Battle room, the Veronese room, the splendid Mirror room (the boast of the building) the Throne room, the audience room, with the famous canvasses by A.Van Dyck Portrait of Caterina Durazzo. There are the King and Queen's bedchambers and the Tapestry room and the remarkable Ballroom. You can then go onto the terrace where there is a stupendous view of the old city and of the port up to the Lanterna. One curious thing about the building is that it is today the regional seat of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage. It was chosen out of the whole of Savoy both for its beauty but also for the fact that it has private access to the sea. There is a bridge which has been specially constructed but which was demolished in the 60's during the construction of the raised street. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Paintings and banquets in a stately home. |
Piazza Spinola di Pellicceria, 1 Genoa 16123 Italy +39 10 247 7061 |
The house was given to the state in 1958 by the last of the Spinola line on the understanding that it would be used as a National gallery. The palazzo is a wonderful stately home, comparable with the impressive Galleria Nazionale in the Royal Palace. The rooms are rich with frescoes by artists like L. Tavarone, L. De Ferrari and S. Galeotti. They have preserved their atmosphere as the residence of a patrician. This numbered many Italian works of art in its collection including works by Grechetto, A. da Messina, G. Reni, G.C. Procaccini, il Tintoretto, B. Strozzi, L. Cambiaso, D. Fiasella and D. Piola. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Modern Art museum in the Nervi park |
Via Capolungo, 3 Genoa 16167 Italy +39 10 557 2057 http://www.comune.genova.it/tu... museicivici@comune.genova.it |
The gallery of Modern Art has been in this building since 1928. It is deep inside the marvellous Park di Nervi in a stately villa from the Serra family. This was built in the second half of the seventeenth century and has since been expanded with galleries and side annexes. The museum contains over four thousand works of art including paintings, sculptures, drawings and etchings. The original collection was made up of the collection of Prince Oddone of Savoy and the legacy of the Duchess of Galliera. It has grown thanks to several bequests and careful acquisitions. Ligurian artists from the nineteenth and twentieth century are particularly well represented. There are works from T. Luxoro, G. Monteverde, F. Messina, E. Baroni, A. Martini, A. D'Andrade, E. Rayper and P. D. Cambiaso. The sensitive treatment of the Ligurian countryside in the works of Rubaldo Merello deserves particular note. There are also masterpieces by R.Guttoso, M.Mafai, F.Casorati, R.Sirotti and P.Nomellini thanks to recent donations. Unfortunately the civic collection of modern art has not been open to visitors since 1989. The exhibition spaces need total renovation. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Gallery of drawings |
Salita Pollaiuoli 27r Genoa 16123 Italy +39 10 246 7717 |
The Vicolo art gallery is right in the heart of the old city centre in Genova. It is in front of the Ducal palace and only a stone's throw away from Piazza De Ferrari. The gallery was opened in 1967 as the first exhibition space in Genova dedicated to drawing. It has been expanded since, now showing exhibitions of pictures, illustrations and set design. The gallery contains drawings by some of the most important Italian and foreign artists in the world including Alechinsky, Arman, Avati, Barbisan, Braque, Campigli, Capogrossi, Castellani, Chagall, De Chirico, Delaunay, Dix, Dorazio, Farfa, Folon, Galli, Goncarova, Greco, Guttuso, Korompay, Lam, Larionov, Manzù, Man Ray, Marino, Masson, Matta, Mirò, Morandi, Moore, Novelli, Picasso and many more! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Fantastic art gallery |
Via Garibaldi, 11 Genoa 16124 Italy +39 10 557 2013 http://www.museopalazzobianco.it museicivici@comune.genova.it |
Palazzo Bianco was built in the first part of the 16th century by the Grimaldi noble family on the Strada Nuova, now called Via Garibaldi. It was then given to Brignole Sale who gave it a sumptuous appearance. Finally the building was donated to the Comune of the Duchess of Galliera. It was intended that it should become a civic museum. After post-war restoration the paintings were displayed according to their period and painting school. There is a significant amount of works by the Flemish and Dutch masters (Memling, David, Matsys, Rubens, Van Dyck) some important Italian artists (Veronese, Filippino Lippi, Guido Reni, Caravaggio, Procaccini). The Spanish school is represented by some paintings by Murillo and Zurbaran. There is also a large collection of Genovese pictures from between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with very valuable canvasses by the major contributors: L.Cambiaso, B.Strozzi, G. Assereto, B. Castiglione, G. De Ferrari, D. Piola and A. Magnasco. The altar piece is exceptional in its size and richness. It was a gift from the Empire to the city of Genova. It was made in Constantinople in 1261 out of purple silk which had been magnificently embroidered with coloured, golden and silver threads. Admission Free for schoolchildren (book first), under 18's and over 60's. On Sundays admission is free for everybody. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The richest museum in Genova |
Via Garibaldi, 18 Genoa 16124 Italy +39 10 247 6351/ (Ticket Office) +39 10 275 9185 http://www.museopalazzorosso.it museicivici@comune.genova.it |
The palazzo, known as rosso due to its colour, is one of the last built in the Strada Nuova, now Via Garibaldi. It was built in the seventeenth century for the Ridolfo brothers and Gio Francesco Brignole Sale. In 1874, Duchess of Galliera, the last of the line in her family, donated the building and the art collections in it to the city. There was a particular obligation on the city to make the official noble appartment into a museum. The splendid rooms are sumptously decorated with frescoes by Ligurian artists from the seventeenth century like G. De Ferrari, D. Piola, A. Carlone and B. Guidobono. There are works from the 15th to the 17th centuries including sculptures, mirrors, porcelain and paintings. Among the masterpieces on display there are paintings organised in chronological order and by school of art. Venetian artists, (Veronese, Tintoretto), Lombard (Procaccini, Cerani), Bolognese (Guercino, Reni) as well as many local Masters (Strozzi, Cambiaso, Castiglione). There are also many canvasses by Van Dyck who was very active in Genova. The palazzo also contains a collection of old ceramics and a small statue of the creche. On the mezzanine there is a the Sketch collection, the print collection and the numismatic collection. There is also an important photographic archive with more than 200,000 photographs. Valuable both for their historical and artistic value, they illustrate the history of Genova and Liguria from the middle of the nineteenth century until today. It's worth noting that the Ligurian republic's annexation to Napoleon's empire was signed in this building. Admission: 7 Euros, Admission is free for everybody on Sundays. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 The history of advertising in a museum |
Piazza Principe, 4/3 sc. B Genoa 16126 Italy +39 10 275 8934 |
Located within the Palazzo Doria Pamphily "del Principe", this collection houses sketches, posters and other material from the second half of the nineteenth century till today, as well as various tools used in the advertising sector, radio and television. From headed paper to posters, and from the carousel to video clips. Admission: Free Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The memory |
Piazza Matteotti, 5 Genoa 16123 Italy +39 10 557 4808 |
Situated on the main floor of the Palazzo Ducale, this archive houses all documents relating to the republic's administrative activities from the 15th century until the end of the eighteenth century. It also houses the Administration Acts of the Government of the city and of the suburban councils from 1805, a number of manuscripts detailing the history of Genoa from the sixteenth century till the 18th century, the private archives of the Brignole Sale family and the De Ferrari family, and the historical archives of the civil state (nineteenth century). A cataloguing system on optical disk allows for easy access by the many visitors, among which are a large number of university students, to even the oldest and most valuable original documents. Review © 2007, Wcities |