Architectural, Cultural sights in Genoa
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Palazzo Rosso
Lavishly frescoed rooms in Palazzo Rosso are the backdrop for several portraits by Van Dyck of the local Brignole-Sale family. Other standouts include Guido Reni’s San Sebastiano and Guercino’s La morte di Cleopatra, as well as works by Veronese, Dürer and Bernardo Strozzi.
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Palazzo del Principe
The beautiful Palazzo del Principe was once the home of the 16th-century admiral Andrea Doria. The sumptuous Renaissance interiors, with frescoes, tapestries, furniture and paintings, have been painstakingly restored, and the formal gardens provide a calm respite from the frenetic city.
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Galleria Nazionale
Galleria Nazionale, a 16th-century mansion,was owned by the Spinolas, one of the Republic’s most formidable dynasties. Their ancestral home displays Italian and Flemish Renaissance art, but is also worth visiting to gape at the awesome architecture.
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