Pallavicini Palace

very beautifull.

It is one of the historic buildings of Genoa if possible go and see it

When we leave Via Garibaldi on the east side, we have a view of the facade of the Pallavicini Palace. The entire façade has paintings, slightly faded, to be sure, in ocher, brown and toasted yellow tones. It's an eye candy

Surely one of the most beautiful and also showy Renaissance palaces in Genoa. The painted facades on the two squares were restored between 2003 and 2016. If it were possible to visit the inside as well, perhaps with guided tours, it would be better; after all, this too is one of the "Rolli" palaces

Before entering Via Garibaldi, full of historic landmarks, it is worth stopping to explore the traffic solutions in the city and the buildings around.

Palazzo dei Rolli n. 07 The Paolo Battista and Niccolò Interiano palace was built between 1565 and 1567 and due to its grandeur and splendor it was included by Paolo Rubens in his collection concerning 'the modern palaces of Genoa', published in Antwerp in a second edition in 1652; the facade that can be admired from the square is very beautiful; the palace is currently owned by the Pallavicino family and cannot be visited. It would be nice to be able to look inside and admire the choreographic garden, formed by terraces, to face the unevenness of the ground.

Visited on the dates of 10 and 11 October 2020, on the occasion of the Rolli days, for the opening to the public of the prestigious and historic Palazzi dei Rolli. Ascribed by the archaic word of "role", the building is marked with the number 7 in the list of 42 Rolli with altar, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Overlooking the piazza del Fronte Moroso, today of the Marose Fountains, and prepared in an area particularly important for the urban development of the city, on the sidelines of Strada Nuova, now via Garibaldi, in an area of ​​vegetable gardens owned by the Spinola family. It was built between 1565 and 1567 by Paolo Battista and Niccolò Interiano, who entrusted its construction to Francesco Casella, who worked on the remains of an existing building. The magnificence and grandeur of the Palace are such that the building was included by Pietro Paolo Rubens in his collection dedicated to the Modern Palaces of Genoa. The place is steeped in history, frescoes and art, thanks to the Pallavicinos. On the outside it presents a barely legible prospect with architectural squaring of niches and figures (allegories of Prudence, Temperance, Justice and Fortress and of the cardinal virtues performed by the Mannerist painters Lazzaro and Benedetto Calvi between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries), as well as on the rear elevation. The portal, in alternating stone and marble sketches, with cherubs and vases, is surmounted by the coat of arms of the Pallavicino family, the last owner. On the left side of the building there are three epigraphs of the Fathers of the Municipality (1206, 1427, 1559) as evidence of the Amorose or Marose fountains, demolished with the opening of via G. Interiano, which still give the name to the adjacent square. In the atrium, the frescoes are by Pantaleo Calvi who curated the ceiling with the representation of men in biblical battles, while the neoclassical statue of Antinous is by Nicolò Traverso, and those of Paride and Elena, by Salvatore Revelli, from the nineteenth century. In the nineteenth century on commission of the Marquis Domenico Pallavicino and his wife Teresa Corsi, the facades were restored and the interior decoration of numerous rooms was carried out, Michele Canzio decorated a hall with Scenes from the Old Testament. Up to the upper floors, you can walk among ancient works by artists of various schools and statues sculpted by geniuses of the time. Continuing through frescoed corridors you enter the halls of the noble floor with unique chandeliers, passing through vaulted corridors and loggias frescoed with allegorical images. The main characterization is the "grotesques" which represent a particular type of wall painting decoration, which has its roots in Roman painting of the Augustan period and which was rediscovered and popularized starting from the end of the fifteenth century. Worth seeing are the wooden gilt statues by Maragliano in the main hall, with the most beautiful and impressive antique chandelier ever. A continuous sparkle of frescoed vaults with apses and statues of satyrs and iconographies representing epic rhetorical figures. On the main floor, the various rooms and galleries of salons titled with different names, recall history. In those living rooms with sofas of ancient fabrics and fabrics, over the centuries the destinies of society were decided. A link between ancient and contemporary history thanks to the constant references to English royalty and the Ranieri of Monaco. On the roof there is a garden, a nineteenth-century work of the architect Pietro Pellegrini, consisting of a series of consecutive terraces that gradually climb the hill, preserves some arcades, a nymphaeum, as well as some statues and basins by Traverso and Parodi. Towards the top, the park, still planted today, is scenically concluded by a loggia above which stands the modern building of the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art, built by Mario Labò in 1971, to replace the destroyed Villetta Di Negro and walking you can see the wonderful gardens overlooking the terraces, with lemon groves with underground greenhouses, citrus groves with wonderful lemon groves. Staff safety is impressive ... The