I was going to do a post on Genoa buildings and interiors--the museums and palazzos and churches we toured--but that would have taken 100 or more pix. Personally, princely/ducal/royal interiors look pretty much all the same to me: lots of gold, velvet, colors of red, blue, green, curvy furniture, marble floors, ceilings of gods/apotheoses/battles,
putti, etc. So here, lest we go to three or four blog posts on Genoa buildings and interiors, I am going to stick to the exteriors pretty much. For the record, we followed a Michelin walking tour as well as we could, seeing the Palazzo Reale, the Palazzo Principe, the Porto Antico, the Galleria di Palazzo Spinola, and the palazzos of the Strada Nuova. Plus Cristoforo Colombo's (alleged) house. Plus some other things.
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| I could have done an entire post on door ways |
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| Church, important because |
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| Paganini did his first concert here (see art post) |
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| Typical of the beautiful buildings |
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| Old building |
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| Harbor |
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Locked entrance to an intriguing 12th centuury
Romanesque |
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| 24/7 plenary indulgences; in perpetuity |
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| We couldn't find the way in... |
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| Centro |
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| Old walls, gate |
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| Cloister moved here to make way for some new (18th century) construction |
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Columbus' house; even the TI referred to it as "the so-called
Columbus house" |
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| Bourse of yesteryear |
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| The minute you pass Menton, trompe-l'oeil becomes standard |
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| City hall courtyard |
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| Palazzo Rossi |
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| In the royal palace, I think |
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| Church of the Annunciation |
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| Baroque, but gorgeous |
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| Almost reminiscent of St. Paul's Without the Walls |
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| Hall of Mirrors in the royal palace; OK, not Versailles |
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| Royal throne |
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| Water feature outside the royal palace |
