| Pier (Genoa) | |
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| State | Italy |
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| Region | Liguria |
| Territory | Riviera di Levante |
Pier is a district of the city of Genoa.
To know
How to orient yourself
Molo (Genoa): full screen map.How to get
By subway
- 1 St. George.
- 2 Sarzano / Sant'Agostino.
- 3 De Ferrari.
How to get around
What see
Religious architectures
Cathedral of San Lorenzo
1 Cathedral of San Lorenzo. Romanesque - Gothic cathedral, whose construction began around 1100, in 1118 the church was consecrated by Pope Gelasius II, after being damaged by a fire, the facade was completed only in 1312. In the 15th century, renovations were carried out on the roof of the main nave, aisle and dome. The black and white striped masonry and the ornate stone painted on the facade are typical both inside and out. On the sides of the building there are two stone lions and a statue of San Giovanni. The Museum of the Treasure is located in the basement of the Cathedral and houses precious relics whose stories have become legendary: the Sacro Catino, a relic of the Last Supper, a plaque on which the head of John the Baptist was held and the Cross of the Zacharias.
Church of the Gesù
- 2 Church of the Gesù (Church of Saints Ambrogio and Andrea), Matteotti Square (In the city center, adjacent to Piazza De Ferrari), ☎ 39 010 557 2874. Church of the second half of the sixteenth century, located in the same square overlooked by the Palazzo Ducale and the palace of the Genoese archiepiscopal curia. It is worth a visit for the works of art it contains: incredible sculptures and stuccos, the most important paintings are the two altarpieces by Rubens and Guido Reni.
San Pietro in Banchi
- 3 Church of San Pietro in Banchi, via S. Pietro della Foce, 4-6, ☎ 39 010 596 0244. This church was built in 1572 as a symbol of gratitude for an averted epidemic to the city. The construction was carried out with the help of a sort of "self-financing". The church, with a single nave and octagonal dome, is built over the square below and is accessed by some steep stairs.
- 4 Church of Santa Maria di Castello (Museum of Santa Maria di Castello). The museum is located in the cloister of the Dominican order. The cathedral offers many treasures inside and exploring them is free during the church's opening hours.
- 5 Church of San Matteo, Vico di San Matteo, 4, ☎ 39 010 247 3282. This church was built in 1125 and represented the Gentilizia Chapel of the Doria family, being located in the center of the Case Doria complex. The exterior of the elegant building is in black and white marble. The interior was remodeled in the sixteenth century and embellished with valuable sculptures by Montorsoli. Inside the crypt, visitors can see the tomb of Andrea Doria, sculpted by Montorsoli.
Church of Santa Maria di Castello
Church of San Matteo
Church of San Donato
- 6 Church of San Donato, Via di San Donato, 10, ☎ 39 010 246 8869. It was built between the 11th and 12th centuries and is a masterpiece of Genoese Romanesque architecture, with its magnificent windows and octagonal bell tower. Inside there are Roman columns and a beautiful triptych, The Adoration of the Magi (16th century), by the Flemish painter Joos Veìan Cleeve.
- 7 Church of San Marco al Molo.
- 8 Church of Santi Cosma e Damiano.
- 9 Church of San Torpete.
- 10 Church of San Giorgio.
- 11 Church of the Pious Schools.
- 12 Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace at the Molo.
- 13 Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina.
- 14 Oratory of Sant'Antonio Abate.
- Oratory of Saints Peter and Paul.
- 15 Church of Sant'Agostino.
- 16 Church of San Salvatore.
- 17 Church of Santa Maria in Passione.
- 18 Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie la Nuova.
Palaces
Ducal Palace
- 19 Ducal Palace, Matteotti Square 9 (accessible from both Piazza de Ferrari and Piazza Matteotti), ☎ 39 010 8171600, ☎ 39 010 8171601, @[email protected]. The Ducal Palace of Genoa is certainly one of the places to see in Genoa. In the 14th century, the Doge's Palace was the residence of the Genoese doge Simon Boccanegra. From that moment it became the seat of the Doges. In the following centuries it suffered serious damage and several changes, which led to a complete change in its appearance. Restored in 1992 for the celebration of Christopher Columbus, it has become the most important place in Genoa for shows, cultural events and conferences. The G8 summit took place here in 2001. Today, numerous art exhibitions are held and often also hosts conferences.
San Giorgio Palace
- 20 San Giorgio Palace (Palazzo delle Compere di San Giorgio), Via della Mercanzia, 2, ☎ 39 010 2412754. Disfigured by the presence of an elevated motorway, it has been the hub of Genoa's commercial and maritime activity for centuries. The building was originally built in 1260 as the Palazzo del Comune (town hall). In 1451 the palace became the seat of the Banco di S. Giorgio, one of the most powerful banks in Europe which financed the Republic of Genoa until the 17th century. Marco Polo he was imprisoned in the prison of this palace, here he dictated The million to Rustichello from Pisa, his cellmate, after the victory of the Genoese in the battle of Meloria. Today it is the seat of the Port Authority of Genoa.
House of Columbus
- 21 House of Christopher Columbus, Dante square (next to Porta Soprana), @[email protected]. This would be the house where Columbus lived as a child. In fact, this name is historically inaccurate because the building was built at the end of the 17th century on the ruins of the real house of Christopher Columbus, which was destroyed in a naval bombardment by the French in 1684.
- 22 Criminal Building, Via Tommaso Reggio.
- 23 Loggia della Mercanzia (Loggia di Banchi or Loggia dei Mercanti), Piazza Banchi.
- 24 House of the executioner (Agrippa's house), Piazza Cavour 13.
- 25 Warehouses of Plenty, Via del Molo.
Palaces of the Rolli
26 De Marini-Croce Palace, Piazza De Marini, 1. - 27 Ambrogio Di Negro Palace, Via San Luca, 2.
- 28 Gio Battista Grimaldi Palace, Vico San Luca, 4.
- 29 Stefano De Mari Palace, Via San Luca, 5.
Cattaneo Della Volta Palace
Giulio Pallavicini Palace
- 30 Cattaneo Della Volta Palace, Cattaneo Square, 26. The seventeenth-century palace, the work of Bartolomeo Bianco (1623), with frescoes by Lazzaro Tavarone on the ceiling of the atrium (Solomon and the queen of Sheba), overlooks this small square, the center of the Della Volta family, a merchant nobility. , later joined to the Cattaneo family.
- 31 Giulio Pallavicini Palace, Piazza De Ferrari, 2. From 1899 to 1989 it was the headquarters of the newspaper Il Secolo XIX. Today it houses some offices of the Genoa Chamber of Commerce.
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Agostino Spinola Palace
Giulio Sale Palace
- 32 Agostino Spinola Palace (Palazzo Doria De Ferrari Galliera), Piazza De Ferrari, 3. Created from the unification of three Doria buildings, in the nineteenth century it was the residence of the Duke of Galliera, Raffaele De Ferrari, to whom the square is named. A plaque recalls that from 10 February to 4 June 1800 it was the seat of the Massena headquarters during the blockade of Genoa by the English fleet.
- 33 Giulio Sale Palace (Brignole Sale palace), Piazza Embriaci 5. Formerly the seat of the Embriaci settlement, after the extinction of this historic feudal family it passed to the Cattaneo family, who restructured it (1538), and then to the Brignole Sale.
- 34 Pietro Durazzo Palace, Piazza De Marini, 4.
- 35 Palazzo Ottavio Imperiale, Piazza Campetto, 2.
- 36 Palazzo Gio Vincenzo Imperiale, Campetto, 8a.
- 37 Senarega-Zoagli Palace, Largo Sanguineti, 11.
- 38 Marcantonio Giustiniani Palace, Piazza Giustiniani, 6.
- 39 Lorenzo Cattaneo Palace, Grillo Cattaneo Square, 1.
- 40 Palazzo Agostino and Giacomo Salvago, Piazza San Bernardo, 26.
- 41 Paolo De Benedetti Palace, Piazza San Donato, 21.
- 42 Basadonne Palace, Piazza San Giorgio, 32.
- 43 Giorgio Doria Palace (Doria Quartara palace), Piazza San Matteo, 14.
- 44 Antonio Sauli Palace, Piazza Sauli, 3.
- 45 Palazzo Doria-Danovaro, Ascent of San Matteo, 19.
- 46 Palazzo Agostino and Benedetto Viale, Climb Pollaioli, 12.
- 47 Adorno Palace, Via al Ponte Reale, 1.
- 48 De Franchi-Pittaluga Palace, Via di Canneto il Lungo, 6.
- 49 Gio Andrea Cicala Palace, Via di Canneto il Lungo, 17.
- 50 Agostino Calvi Saluzzo Palace, Via di Canneto il Lungo, 21.
- 51 Palazzo Fieschi-Crosa di Vergagni, Via di Canneto il Lungo, 27.
- 52 Gio Battista Saluzzo Palace, Via Chiabrera, 7.
- 53 Grimaldi Palace, Via David Chiossone, 4.
- 54 Doria-Serra Palace, Via David Chiossone, 14.
- 55 Lercari-Spinola Palace, Via degli Orefici, 7.
- 56 Gaspare Basadonne Palace, Via dei Giustiniani, 3.
- 57 Vincenzo Giustiniani Bank Building, Via dei Giustiniani, 11.
- 58 Nicolò Spinola Palace in Luccoli, Via Luccoli, 23.
- 59 Marcantonio Sauli Palace, Via San Bernardo, 19.
- 60 Alessandro Giustiniani Palace, Via San Bernardo, 21.
- 61 Centurione-Gavotti Palace, Via San Lorenzo, 5.
- 62 Durazzo-Zoagli Palace, Via San Lorenzo 8.
- 63 Palazzo Bendinelli Sauli, Via San Lorenzo 12.
- 64 Sinibaldo Fieschi Palace, Via San Lorenzo 17.
- 65 Palazzo Orazio and Gio Francesco De Franceschi, Via San Lorenzo 19.
- 66 Gerolamo Pallavicini Palace, Via XXV Aprile, 12.
- 67 Giovanni Garibaldi Palace, Vico Carmagnola, 7.
- 68 Sauli Palace, Vico dei Ragazzi, 6.
- 69 Chiavari-Calcagno Palace, Vico del Fieno, 2.
- 70 Palazzo Doria-Centurione, Vico Doria, 1.
- 71 Cicala-Raggio Palace, Vico Scuole Pie, 1.
- 72 Tommaso Franzone Palace, Via Luccoli, 22.
Old Port of Genoa
Genova's aquarium
An entertainment area with museums, cinemas, cafes and even a beautiful promenade along the sea. It was renovated during the Universal Exposition of Genoa.
- 73 Genova's aquarium, Spinola Bridge (15 minutes on foot from Principe Station and about 10 minutes from Via Garibaldi), ☎ 39 010 23451, @[email protected].
Ticket prices vary according to the day of the week and the season: adult € 26-29, child 4-12 € 17-20; online tickets in advance start at € 18 for adults and € 12 for children. 
Mon-Sun 09: 30-20: 00, last admission at 18: 00. The second largest aquarium in Europe is one of the major attractions of Genoa. Its structure is remarkable and resembles a ship under construction next to a dam in the old port. Inside, more than 50 aquatic displays recreate the coral reefs of the Red Sea, pools in the rainforests of the Amazon Basin and other marine ecosystems.
Ticket prices vary according to the day of the week and the season: adult € 26-29, child 4-12 € 17-20; online tickets in advance start at € 18 for adults and € 12 for children. 
Mon-Sun 09: 30-20: 00, last admission at 18: 00. The second largest aquarium in Europe is one of the major attractions of Genoa. Its structure is remarkable and resembles a ship under construction next to a dam in the old port. Inside, more than 50 aquatic displays recreate the coral reefs of the Red Sea, pools in the rainforests of the Amazon Basin and other marine ecosystems.
A room of the Antarctic museum
- 74 Felice Ippolito National Museum of Antarctica, Millo building, ☎ 39 0102543690. This museum was created to raise awareness of the Antarctic region and the research conducted by Italian expeditions in Antarctica. The museum exhibits offer visitors artifacts from Antarctica (glaciological, geological, mineralogical and paleontological), interesting films, all aimed at knowing and understanding the region which is not very well known, but has a lot to offer.
- 75 Biosphere.
- 76 Bigo, Calata Cattaneo.
- 77 Port Siberia, @[email protected].
- 78 Cotton warehouses.
- 79 Neptune vessel.
Other
- 80 Allied military police lettering. Written on purpose in 1945 by the allied military police. The inscription bore the phrase "This street off-limits to all allied troops".
Torre Embriaci
- 81 Torre Embriaci, Piazza Embriaci. It was built at the beginning of the 12th century by the feudal noble family to which Guglielmo Embriaco known as the Testa di maglio belonged, who in 1099 was among the conquerors of Jerusalem during the first crusade. Clearly visible from the old port and from the elevated road, it is 165 palms (41 meters) high and is made of large ashlar blocks; the structure is crowned at the top by a triple order of hanging arches and a Guelph battlements. This last detail, however, is not original, but was added during a restoration carried out in 1926 by Orlando Grosso. It is the only one of the numerous towers that were in the current historic center of Genoa to have been spared, perhaps in memory of the glorious exploits of the crusader commander, by the edict of 1196 which required the height of all city towers to be reduced. The tower was part of the family settlement on the Castello hill, next to the bishop's castle. The Curia degli Embriaci, a real fortified citadel, developed between the current Piazza Embriaci (where the family's palace, now deeply remodeled, which incorporates the tower), Piazza Santa Maria in Passione and the Mascherona climb. The center of the fortified settlement of the family was the square of Santa Maria in Passione, which can be accessed by a curved path through a narrow archivolt; the façade of the church and the surrounding buildings incorporate wall parts of the palaces of the Embriaci, including the ashlar base of another tower which has now disappeared.
Maruffo Tower
- 82 Maruffo Tower, Via di Canneto Il Lungo, 23. Although it is one of the few Genoese towers surviving to this day and among these one of the best preserved, the studies available on the Maruffo tower are somewhat uncertain. From the sources it is deduced that the name of the Maruffo tower comes from the name of the person who rented the building, as shown by cadastral documents of 1414. However, other sources indicate that already from 1140 to 1162 there was a tower "in Caneto" belonging to the family Lecavela, which in the thirteenth century was the owner of other land in that same area.
Sant'Agostino Museum, Triangular Cloister
- 83 Sant'Agostino Museum, Piazza Sarzano 35r. This fantastic museum is housed within a 13th century monastery, consisting of a Gothic church and the surrounding areas of two monasteries. The Sant'Agostino Museum is a large museum, consisting of: Genoese sculptures, an exhibition that exhibits pieces from the medieval period to the eighteenth century. These collections include detached frescoes and monumental paintings. Sections of the museum are devoted exclusively to wood and ivory sculptures.
- 84 Diocesan Museum, Cloister of the Canons - Via Tommaso Reggio, 20 / r, @[email protected].
- 85 Genoa History Museum, Via al Porto Antico, 4.
- 86 Porta Soprana, @[email protected]. This city gate, built in the same period as its twin, Porta dei Vacca (1161), is located between two parapet towers. The gate was the main entrance from the east of the medieval city.
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
- 1 Theater of Sant'Agostino (Theater of the Cough), Renato Negri square.
Where to eat
Moderate prices
- 1 Tortuga Inn, Via Ravecca 13r (near Porta Soprana and the house of Columbus), ☎ 39 010 2462961, @[email protected]. Mon-Sun 11: 30-15: 00 and 18: 30-21: 00. Focaccia with cheese, pizza and typical Ligurian cuisine.
Where stay
High prices
- 1 B&B Il Vico in Genoa, Vico del Dragone 4/6, ☎ 39 339 5753845. single € 60-90, double € 80-120. A recently renovated B&B, in the central area of Genoa in the immediate vicinity of the main tourist attractions (Aquarium, historic palaces, Cathedral, etc.) and the commercial centers of Genoa. Excellent connections with the main transport routes (Airport, Railway Stations and Port).
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