Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Genoa, Italy

The church of Santa Maria della Cella is an Italian Roman Catholic place of worship located in the municipality of Genoa, seat of the parish of "Santa Maria della Cella e San Martino" and the vicariate of Sampierdarena of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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Villa Grimaldi, also known as the Fortress, is a historic noble residence in the Genoese district of Sampierdarena, built in the sixteenth century for the Grimaldi family.

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The Villa Negrone Moro is an architecture in Genoa probably dating back to the sixteenth century. Much altered in structure, it is flanked by a residual shred of the demolished Villa Pallavicini Moro.

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The Church of San Teodoro is an Italian religious building in Genoa, Italy, located in the district of the same name that took its name from it. The original structure was one of the oldest in Genoa: the original Romanesque church, which had been known since the tenth century, was demolished for urban planning reasons in 1870, and a new one was rebuilt not far away. The parish community is part of the San Teodoro-Oregina Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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Villa Di Negro Rosazza known as "dello Scoglietto" or "lo Scoglietto" is a villa in Genoa, located in Piazza Dinegro 3, in the district of San Teodoro, municipality II Centro-Ovest. It was built in 1565 for the Doge Ambrogio Di Negro or his son Orazio in an area that, at that time, was outside the city walls, in a panoramic position overlooking the sea. Passed to the Durazzo family, it was remodeled in neoclassical style at the end of the eighteenth century by the architect Tagliafichi. In the nineteenth century, the construction of the Turin-Genoa railway line compromised the integrity of the park and led to the construction of new access ramps to the road surface.

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The Oratory of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Roman Catholic oratory in Genoa, Italy, located on the San Francesco da Paola hill, in the San Teodoro district. It is the seat of the confraternity of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Theodore.

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The sanctuary of San Francesco da Paola is located in the Genoese district of San Teodoro, on a hill at 132 m a.s.l. in a panoramic position overlooking the city and the port.

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The Villa del Principe, Palazzo del Principe, or Palace of Andrea Doria in Fassolo is one of the main historical suburban villas of Genoa, Italy. It was built in the 16th century in an area that it is now located in the city center, but at the time of the construction of the villa was just outside of the city walls towards Capo di Faro and the Lanterna.

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The Galata - Museo del mare is a maritime museum in the Italian city of Genoa. It is the largest museum of its kind in the Mediterranean area and also one of the most modern in Italy. The museum is located on the grounds of the Porto Antico, in the Palazzo Galata in the Darsena district, where galleys were built in the Republic of Genoa era. It is close to downtown Genoa, the Port of Genoa, and within walking distance of Genova Principe train station and Darsena metro stop. It opened in 2004 as part of Genoa's 2004 European Capital of Culture celebration.

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The palazzo Francesco Maria Balbi Piovera' is a building located in via Balbi at number 6 in the historical centre of Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date. The building, also known by the name of palazzo Raggio from the name of the armor who purchased it in the 19th century, is today the seat of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Genoa.

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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 Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato is the Catholic cathedral of Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th century.

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Palazzo Gio Francesco Balbi, also known as Palazzo Balbi Cattaneo, is a building located in Via Balbi at number 2 in the historic center of Genoa, in Piazza della Nunziata, included on July 13, 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces registered in the Rolli of Genoa that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on that date.

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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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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 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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The church of San Nicola da Tolentino is a religious building in Genoa on the Madonnetta climb, on the way to the sanctuary of the Madonnetta, and its parish community is part of the Vicariate of Castelletto of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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The sanctuary of the Madonnetta or, more precisely, the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Assumption of Carbonara, is one of the main Marian sanctuaries in the province of Genoa.

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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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The Museum of World Cultures is one of the museums in Genoa, opened on the occasion of Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004 inside the D'Albertis castle, the ancient home of Captain Enrico Alberto d'Albertis on the hill of Montegalletto. Located in the Castelletto district, it hosts cultural events and the permanent exhibition of the collections collected by d'Albertis himself, supplemented by other more recent acquisitions.

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