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A narrow view along Via Garibaldi, with palace facades, a portal, and an abstract motif of registry lines.

Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port

From Piazza delle Fontane Marose, along the palace streets, to Palazzo San Giorgio

4 hr 15 min2.7 km
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  1. Beginning of Via Garibaldi: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    Here, a private residential district first appears as part of the state reception system.

  2. Palazzo Bianco: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    Here, a family division of property will lead to the creation of a public city gallery.

  3. Palazzo Doria-Tursi: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    This stop will connect the scale of the residence with banking risk and the debts of the Spanish king.

  4. Palazzo Franco Lercari: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    The portal will show how a family turned a disputed legend into visible proof of its own influence.

  5. Palazzo Nicolosio Lomellino: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    The history of the commission will explain why some frescoes were preserved, others destroyed, and the work that was accepted was later accidentally concealed.

  6. Palazzo Rosso: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    A court case will show that a separate palace did not end the heirs' struggle for primacy within the family.

  7. Palazzo San Giorgio: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    The finale will trace the palatial wealth back to its foundation—public loans, taxes, and port trade.

  8. Royal Palace of Genoa: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    The sale of a family home shows how, after Genoa's annexation, a private residence became royal.

  9. Via Balbi and Palazzo Balbi-Senarega: story on the “Genoa's Palaces and Debts: Via Garibaldi, Via Balbi, and the Port” route

    Here, family memory will turn out to have been quite literally rewritten over the portrait of a disgraced relative.

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