Genova sights

The Holy Grail is kept in the cathedral's treasure chamber. The Cathedral is the city's major Medieval monument. Its construction began around the 12th century, and went on until well past the 14th cen...

A splendid palazzo full of art from the period when Genoa was the richest town in Europe. Every house number along this short street (250m) in the very centre of the city signifies a maginificent Renai...

address: Via Antonio Gramsci, Genova 16123

You can walk across artificially laid paving in the hanging gardens of the royal palace. Grandiose edifice of the XVII century, completated in 1705, when Carlo Fontana built the double stairway and the...

The aim of the redesign of the ancient port for the Columbus celebrations in 1992 was to make it accessible again to the citizens of Genoa as a place for enjoyment and leisure.

The Porta di Sant'Andrea or Soprana is an important opening which connected the walled city with the Roman road to the East; it was already a part of the wall in the 9th century.

It dominates the large square on the hill with its harmonious mass. It is one of the most grandiose churches of the city. Begun in 1552 by Galeazzo Alessi it was completed in 1602.

address: Piazzale John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1, Genova 16129

Well worth seeing, this monumental graveyard stands proud on the edge of the city - a cemetery with 19th century naturally languid, funereal sculptures.