Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Genoa, Italy

The church of Our Lady of Lourdes and San Bernardo - however also known by the name of the church of San Bernardino - is a cult building of Genoa. It is located uphill San Rocchino and is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto. The building is home to the parent company of the Capuchin friars of the Ligurian province.

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Torre San Bernardino, located on the heights of Castelletto, is one of the nineteenth-century towers built to defend the core of the city of Genoa. Its construction began around 1820. Completed five years later, the tower was mainly used as an advanced emplacement of the nearby San Bernardino gate.

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The church of San Paolo is a religious building in Genoa, in the Castelletto district in Via Acquarone, and its parish community is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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The church of Sant'Anna, with the adjoining Convent and Ancient Pharmacy of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers, is a place of Catholic worship in the Genoese district of Castelletto. The church, which overlooks a small churchyard paved with pebbles and bricks and surrounded by tall plane trees, with the adjoining Salita Superiore Sant'Anna and Salita Bachernia, is an unexpected place of particular beauty, characterized by an atmosphere of yesteryear just a few steps from the center of Genoa.

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The church of Our Lady of Grace and St. Jerome is a place of worship in Genoa, Italy. It is located between Corso Carbonara and Corso Firenze and is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto.

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Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which includes a number of streets and palaces in the center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy.The Strade Nuove are a group of streets built by the Genoese aristocracy during the expansion of the city at a time when the Republic of Genoa was at the height of its financial and seafaring power. These are Via Giuseppe Garibaldi and Via Balbi, later followed by Via Cairoli. The Palazzi dei Rolli are a group of palaces - most of which also date from the late 16th and early 17th centuries - which were associated to a particular system of ‘public lodging’ in private residences, whereby notable guests on State visit to the Republic were hosted in one of these palaces on behalf of the State.

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The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Agnes is one of the historic churches in Genoa. It is located in the Carmine district in Via Brignole De Ferrari, a short distance from the central Via Balbi; its parish community is part of the "Centro Ovest" vicariate of the Archdiocese of Genoa. The prior of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has the title of abbot.

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Santi Vittore e Carlo is a Baroque-style church on Via Balbi in central Genoa, Italy. Originally belonging to the Discalced Carmelite Order, the church was constructed in the shape of a Latin Cross between 1629 and 1635 from a design by Bartolomeo Bianco. Designs by Eugenio Durazzo were incorporated in 1743 with the construction of a façade.

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The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova, also known as the Orto Botanico di Genova, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Genoa, and located at Corso Dogali, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.

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D'Albertis Castle is a historical residence in Genoa, north-western Italy. It was the home of sea captain Enrico Alberto d'Albertis and was donated to the city of Genoa on his death in 1932. It currently houses the Museo delle Culture del Mondo, inaugurated in 2004.

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