http://www.tiziano.caviglia.name/images/genova-centro.png

"Porta Soprana"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Le_torri_di_Porta_Soprana%2C_Genova.jpg/450px-Le_torri_di_Porta_Soprana%2C_Genova.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Genova-Porta_Soprana-DSCF7083.JPG/450px-Genova-Porta_Soprana-DSCF7083.JPG

"San Lorenzo Cathedral"
http://vacanzaitaliana.blog.kataweb.it/files/2009/08/cattedrale_san_lorenzo_genova.jpg

http://www.foto.comune.genova.it/PAPhotos/Genova%20STORICA%20E%20CULTURALE/CULTO/Via%20S.%20Lorenzo%20-%20Campanile.jpg

http://www.mentelocale.it/img_contenuti/giulio.nepi/grandi/ViaSanLorenzo1_g.JPG

"La Lanterna" the ancient lighthouse of Genoa:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/CroppedLanterna.JPG/325px-CroppedLanterna.JPG

The historical center:
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/10314844.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Via_san_luca_genova_01.jpg/450px-Via_san_luca_genova_01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/San_Matteo_church%2C_Genoa.jpg/800px-San_Matteo_church%2C_Genoa.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/2w1tzfa.jpg


http://i29.tinypic.com/5v7mub.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/483045629_25b9b0397b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/almilan/483045629/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/3085391560_6e666fdc67_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucagargano/3085391560/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/345942327_7618e45f45_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/guidosky/345942327/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2083/2244868298_b2aec84375_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arielarts/2244868298/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/245/461559799_a716ededbe_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arielarts/461559799/in/set-72157600197350479/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/2371721121_ba0e2a1b0c_b.jpg

Wow, these pics are amazing! :yes: But I kind of doubt that Genoa has "the biggest historical center in Europe"! If the term "historical" refers to medieval buildings, then I'm sure there are cities with larger medieval cores preserved (Venice, for instance)!

Wow, these pics are amazing! :yes: But I kind of doubt that Genoa has "the biggest historical center in Europe"! If the term "historical" refers to medieval buildings, then I'm sure there are cities with larger medieval cores preserved (Venice, for instance)!

Genoa was surely the biggest historical center. A lot of old buildings was destroyed during the bombing of the city in the Second War and other was demolished due to property speculation :ohno:

Some pic from the narrow streets of the old town:

Tower Grimaldina
http://i55.tinypic.com/wisjf4.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2mx4ndf.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2r2of8x.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/1eoojs.jpg

Piazza del Ferro
http://i54.tinypic.com/30vexia.jpg

Palazzo Spinola:
http://i55.tinypic.com/hrwyep.jpg

San Giovanni di Prè
http://i51.tinypic.com/51aghx.jpg

A few other pics.

http://i53.tinypic.com/24x2o2h.jpg


http://i53.tinypic.com/14sf4v9.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2cprjet.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2pqsti8.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2n6gd1d.jpg

San Matteo square, heart of the medieval "headquarter" of the powerful Doria family:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Genova-DSCF8014.JPG/512px-Genova-DSCF8014.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8014.JPG)
Genova-DSCF8014 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8014.JPG)
wikimedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Genova-DSCF8029.JPG/512px-Genova-DSCF8029.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8029.JPG)
Genova-DSCF8029 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8029.JPG)
wikimedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Genova-DSCF8027.JPG/512px-Genova-DSCF8027.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8027.JPG)
Genova-DSCF8027 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8027.JPG)
by Twice25 & Rinina25 from Wikimedia Commons

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Genova-DSCF8030.JPG/512px-Genova-DSCF8030.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8030.JPG)
Genova-DSCF8030 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF8030.JPG)
wikimedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/San_Matteo_church%2C_Genoa.jpg/512px-San_Matteo_church%2C_Genoa.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Matteo_church,_Genoa.jpg)
by William Domenichini , from Wikimedia Commons




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Palazzi_Doria_piazza_San_Matteo_01.jpg/512px-Palazzi_Doria_piazza_San_Matteo_01.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzi_Doria_piazza_San_Matteo_01.jpg)
wikimedia

Via San Lorenzo
http://i55.tinypic.com/avfouh.jpg

the cathedral
http://i56.tinypic.com/28gqqo5.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/ifoemq.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/1zxrv2v.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/11ucehl.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/212e8na.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/15rz53d.jpg

Genoa has some beautiful architecture, but it desperately needs major clean up and renovation - that was my impression of the city anyway

^^You are quite right, even if i don't find the situation so "desperate". Genoa has a big historic heritage (probably not commonly known), from the middle ages and from the 16th - 17th century (mannerism and baroque) in particular. A lot of monuments are well kept, others need more restoration (like a lot of medieval houses of the old town) but it is a really interesting town even as it is now. Then i think it is a beautiful town also outside the historical center but it's not theme for this topic.

something else from middle ages:
San Donato bell tower
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3672488336_b837e25484_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7remo/3672488336/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7remo/


http://i53.tinypic.com/2eberyx.jpg

via Pré, the Commenda di San Giovanni
http://i54.tinypic.com/qpi61i.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/sg24np.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/9iedtd.jpg

an exemple of restoration needed (i don't know the age of this), the old town is full of buildings like this:
http://i55.tinypic.com/4dz7d.jpg

Some random pic from the "Strade Nuove", part of the Unesco heritage of "Rolli" palaces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzi_dei_Rolli

http://i56.tinypic.com/2ecm8fn.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2mpisxw.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/118opyg.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/e6x3yw.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2z8udj8.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/2zpv512.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/207kn79.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/287zyf9.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2wci1rk.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/345muep.jpg

Sant' Agostino triangular cloister
url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/paolo1971/3421377689/]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3421377689_ec64da966e.jpg[/url]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1357/912652910_3c4567c321_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

Cloister near Porta Soprana
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3449945973_a24c9ff602_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31858863@N06/3449945973/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31858863@N06/

San Matteo cloister
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1213/912535292_81e6c6f9ed_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

Passage under the bell tower of "Santa Maria delle Vigne" church
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_delle_Vigne_05.jpg/512px-Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_delle_Vigne_05.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_delle_Vigne_05.jpg)
by Alessio Sbarbaro User_talk:Yoggysot from Wikimedia Commons

Typical genoese bell tower of the same church
http://i55.tinypic.com/2e2gefo.jpg

Walk on the ancient "Barbarossa" walls
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Camminamentobarbarossa.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camminamentobarbarossa.jpg)
di User:F.noceti ([1]), da Wikimedia Commons

Houses near Porta Soprana
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/3234239919_5e58347975_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32864572@N04/3234239919/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32864572@N04/

Square "truogoli di Santa Brigida"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/3733831598_57081d425f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaclarafrosi/3733831598/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaclarafrosi/

Pic from Caricamento square,
http://i54.tinypic.com/311kze9.jpg

"Santa Maria di Castello" church
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2813627434_fd4c39568e_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabrizio78/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3773915702_a7e82517f0_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atelier_flir/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4297395812_23d54da99c_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27134482@N04/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4791952019_783f71fd12.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canecrabe/

Some picture from the alleys, taken from flickr:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/5076593744_852743fcf0_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ludosi/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/351533052_799c7404f1_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49558184@N00/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/1116880150_8c02f7b3f7_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakkes/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4717584947_d8720df7a4_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albezln/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4668375525_a833152ca6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirirur/4668375525/)
"Salita del Prione" alley (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirirur/4668375525/) di Kirirur (http://www.flickr.com/people/kirirur/), su Flickr

Piazza Banchi
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4362972114_60dfaa446a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2468922522_bb1b973012_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26310519@N03/

Palazzo San Giorgio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_San_Giorgio



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2969140745_c759b0a56c_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paololafarina/2969140745/)
Genova Palazzo San Giorgio (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paololafarina/2969140745/) di paololafarina (http://www.flickr.com/people/paololafarina/), su Flickr


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Genova-Palazzo_San_Giorgio-DSCF7695.JPG/512px-Genova-Palazzo_San_Giorgio-DSCF7695.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-Palazzo_San_Giorgio-DSCF7695.JPG)
di Twice25 & Rinina25 da Wikimedia Commons


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2338413888_323892aec6_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21569450@N06/

Some pics from the gardens of the "Principe" palace (originally the mansion of the admiral Andrea Doria)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_del_Principe

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2856557844_2c46288e59_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41099823@N00/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2994661314_ef64bdd3a3_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30767082@N07/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2993834243_5819a74bb5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30767082@N07/2993834243/)
Palazzo del Principe (y IX) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30767082@N07/2993834243/) di miguemunoz (http://www.flickr.com/people/30767082@N07/),

"Gesù" church
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3749761937_dca9df2cb5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15523904@N02/


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5069590150_a9d514ab68_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgru/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2879264363_f942b3fedc_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomatedepingles/

Piazza San Giorgio
San Giorgio church:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chiesa_San_Giorgio_Genova_02.jpg/512px-Chiesa_San_Giorgio_Genova_02.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiesa_San_Giorgio_Genova_02.jpg)
di Alessio Sbarbaro User_talk:Yoggysot da Wikimedia Commons


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2729/4362226307_7aecb12607_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4362969702_04affd13cb_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/


San Torpete Church:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4362225575_65ffd6c264_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3985680832_f76ce4975f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photo-architect/

"royal" palace. (built by Balbi family, it was later bought by the house of Savoy)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1123/5143643059_4e6eca3d87_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucas-w/5143643059/)
Il Palazzo Reale (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucas-w/5143643059/) di Luc Wiltschut (http://www.flickr.com/people/lucas-w/), su Flickr

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2479844483_19fb31b5d1_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcomolinari_it/

http://www.foto.comune.genova.it/PAPhotos/Genova%20ARTISTICA/MUSEI/Palazzo%20Reale%20-%20Sala%20degli%20specchi%204.jpg
from http://www.comune.genova.it/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/5149978860_31db008953_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucas-w/5149978860/)
mosaic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucas-w/5149978860/) di Luc Wiltschut (http://www.flickr.com/people/lucas-w/), su Flickr

The "Lanterna" seen from royal palace
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/243742807_b7a3c59cca_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84452200@N00/

Roofs of Genoa (from Palazzo Rosso)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1056/1433617733_ae330a006e_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/utrechtwillem/

San Siro church (baroque, with a neoclassical facade)

http://i54.tinypic.com/1z6mwh.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/3128m7s.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2ymyfd3.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2agtaj5.jpg

Palazzo Rosso ("the red palace") seen from Palazzo Bianco ("the white palace").http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/3304591798_fff4d14e9c_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avinon/

Fountain in the garden between "Palazzo Bianco" and Palazzo Doria Tursi
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4362978258_b3d93f2605_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

University palace
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4992887435_fe57b3e5bf_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39412006@N02/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/3304290834_ec932364d0_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29497275@N07/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/4999666692_977c2b464a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/

Palazzo Podestà

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/PalazzoPodestaLomellini.jpg/512px-PalazzoPodestaLomellini.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PalazzoPodestaLomellini.jpg)
di Postcrosser da Wikimedia Commons

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/PalazzoPodestaLomellini5.jpg/512px-PalazzoPodestaLomellini5.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PalazzoPodestaLomellini5.jpg)
wikimedia commons

Fountain in the court
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/518409866_20e5de4fa6_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8403769@N04/

wow, this city is crammed with history. I could never be bored there.

I agree. ;)

Annunziata square:
Annunziata basilica ( baroque church with neoclassical facade)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2475642465_6623dbc142_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

http://i51.tinypic.com/dw2mhy.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2585/3693566626_946fd449da_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinborland/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Piazza_dell%27Annunziata%2C_Genova.jpg/512px-Piazza_dell%27Annunziata%2C_Genova.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piazza_dell'Annunziata,_Genova.jpg)
di Twice25 e Rinina25da Wikimedia Commons

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/468238157_052bf462c3_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

Two details from the same square:
http://i54.tinypic.com/2j15qnb.jpg


http://i53.tinypic.com/339uecz.jpg

A view on the old harbour
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1432/5146133476_f70b7436c8_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/publifoto_genova/

Sottoripa arcades
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4362975306_6232262616_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4362974822_3950b43243_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

Old harbour. 17th century buildings:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1431/540921871_9c37d0eaff_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cebete/

Porta Siberia
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1054/5099354771_13789b8141_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piemonteitaliaeu/

An example of hidden, small square among the alleys:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2zsbakz.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/x2md5i.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2pop28p.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2bbewn.jpg

Embriaci tower
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4160308566_f55583271b_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccrrii/

Doge's palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Ducale_(Genoa)
From Piazza De Ferrari
http://i52.tinypic.com/snc6x1.jpg

the huge neoclassical facade
http://i53.tinypic.com/2hgzj8o.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2iksl87.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2ngqtg2.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/30mlbom.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2chltg7.jpg

In the old harbour, this modern looking building is the renovation of an ancient building called Galata Palace.
Once here the genoese republic built its ships, now it's one of the biggest museums about navigation in Europe.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Genova-Palazzo_Galata-DSCF7766.JPG/512px-Genova-Palazzo_Galata-DSCF7766.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-Palazzo_Galata-DSCF7766.JPG)
by Twice25 & Rinina25 from Wikimedia Commons

http://www.galatamuseodelmare.it/servlet/poba_bwffile?p_NodoID=31537
http://www.galatamuseodelmare.it/cms/gallery-12391.html

reconstruction of a genoese galley of the 17th century
http://www.galatamuseodelmare.it/servlet/poba_bwffile?p_NodoID=31539
http://www.galatamuseodelmare.it/cms/gallery-12391.html

"Fontane Marose" square
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3160388148_bcaa55b038_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32760859@N02/3160388148/)
Genova, Piazza Fontane Marose (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32760859@N02/3160388148/) di chupa chuck e sbirulina (http://www.flickr.com/people/32760859@N02/), su Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5093933199_0c9451a887_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zxdr/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2250239117_499cae811b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5094505116_1c6dd07995_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zxdr/

... (i don't know the age of this), the old town is full of buildings like this:
http://i55.tinypic.com/4dz7d.jpg

i have found some informations: this "adoration of the magi" is effectively a renaissance work of around 1457 AD, attributed to the sculptor Giovanni Gaggini
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Gaggini.

http://i54.tinypic.com/25gfmoo.jpg
^^this city gate is called "Porta dei Vacca". It takes its name from the Vacchero family, once owner of many buidings in this part of the town.
Near here, along Via del Campo, you can find a fountain
http://i53.tinypic.com/9bhli8.jpg
Almost hidden by this fountain there's a little square, called Piazza Vacchero, with this pillar:
http://www.fosca.unige.it/gewiki/images/0/07/ColonnaInfame1.jpg
http://www.fosca.unige.it
http://www.fosca.unige.it/gewiki/images/7/79/ColonnaInfame2.jpg
http://www.fosca.unige.it
This is the column of infamy (in italian "colonna infame") of Julius Caesar Vacchero, a noble who conspired with the duke of Savoy against the Republic of Genoa in 1628.
Where now is this square there was his house, which was demolished as a part of the punishment described on the column itself.
The inscription says something like: "For the infamous memory of Julius Caesar Vacchero, most wicked man, who conspired against Republic. Cut off his head, confiscated his possessions, exiled his sons and demolished his house, he paid the right penalty".
Some decades later the Vacchero family was allowed to build the fountain to partially hide the column.

churches:
San Carlo church, via Balbi
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3620/80794618ov0.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/i/80794618ov0.jpg/

San Luca
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Chiesa_di_san_luca_genova_01.jpg/512px-Chiesa_di_san_luca_genova_01.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiesa_di_san_luca_genova_01.jpg)
di Alessio Sbarbaro da Wikimedia Commons

Maddalena
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Genova-Centro_storico-DSCF7478.JPG/512px-Genova-Centro_storico-DSCF7478.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-Centro_storico-DSCF7478.JPG)
di Twice25 & Rinina25 da Wikimedia Commons

Campetto square,
fountain
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/3110145049_7a8344fcca_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samzimbabwe/

Gio Vincenzo Imperiale palace
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Palazzo_Gio_Vincenzo_Imperiale_Genova_01.jpg/512px-Palazzo_Gio_Vincenzo_Imperiale_Genova_01.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzo_Gio_Vincenzo_Imperiale_Genova_01.jpg)
Alessio Sbarbaro da Wikimedia Commons

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3061859792_82b7b2af60_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4821589187_475b6546e2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferux/4821589187/)
IMG_3592 c. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferux/4821589187/) di Ferruccio Jochler (http://www.flickr.com/people/ferux/), su Flickr

Awesome city! I really want to visit this city. My idea is to take the ferry from Barcelona.

The architecture looks amazing. The only drawback are those awful Baroque creations.

I would love to photograph the city. Would you recommend any vantage points from the hills or perhaps a certain hotel with views on the roofs.

^^I don't know about hotels, but a classic Belvedere on the old town is that of Castelletto

Is the hill in this picture:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5093933199_0c9451a887_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zxdr/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Genova_Belvedere_Castelletto.jpg/512px-Genova_Belvedere_Castelletto.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova_Belvedere_Castelletto.jpg)
di Alessandro Vecchi da Wikimedia Commons

And some of the pictures on the roofs are taken from Palazzo Rosso, wich is a museum.

I don't live in Genoa but near Milan so if someone else could tell more...

Moreover in Genoa there are to see at least Via XX Settembre, Via Assarotti, Piazza Vittoria and various places wich don't belong to the old town.

Thx a lot Balthazar!

Some portals
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi3.jpg/512px-PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi3.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi3.jpg)
PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi3 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi3.jpg) [Public domain], di Postcrosser (Opera propria), da Wikimedia Commons


http://i55.tinypic.com/2elbaf9.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/fozzi8.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/PalazzoDoriaDanovaro_part.jpg/512px-PalazzoDoriaDanovaro_part.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PalazzoDoriaDanovaro_part.jpg)
di Postcrosser da Wikimedia Commons

http://i52.tinypic.com/xku62b.jpg

Some pictures of San Lorenzo cathedral inside (from flickr)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/4201135893_3637ebcf5e_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/telegdys/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2269377708_be0accb218_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattnolte/



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/2268577207_992766e09f_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattnolte/



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/2269382490_ca7b69e396_z.jpg
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattnolte/[/url

Some pictures, from Piazza Soziglia and Via Macelli di Soziglia.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4789499282_5cc8e1caf8_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/californiapete/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1037/1337542007_5283877732_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91664415@N00/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2261172988_6fab4285b4_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgire/

Piazza delle Vigne
http://www.liguria.beniculturali.it/getImage.php?id=758&amp%3Bw=100&amp%3Bh=100&amp%3Bc=0&amp%3Bco=1&amp%3Bf=0
http://www.liguria.beniculturali.it/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_delle_Vigne_02.jpg/512px-Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_delle_Vigne_02.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_delle_Vigne_02.jpg)
Yoggysot from Wikimedia Commons

http://www.liguria.beniculturali.it/getImage.php?id=754&amp%3Bw=100&amp%3Bh=100&amp%3Bc=0&amp%3Bco=1&amp%3Bf=0
http://www.liguria.beniculturali.it/

Square of the "Scuole Pie"

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4695894169_c5873f1811.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13749049@N04/

http://www.vicoantico.com/easyUp/image//Vico%20dele%20scuole%20pie%20%202(1).jpg
http://www.vicoantico.com

"Scuole Pie" church:
http://www.irolli.it/img/chiese/foto_b_40_1.jpg
http://www.irolli.it/img/chiese/

http://download.kataweb.it/mediaweb/image/brand_repgenova/2008/03/26/1206542787787_003.jpg
http://genova.repubblica.it/multimedia/home/1954393/1/13

http://download.kataweb.it/mediaweb/image/brand_repgenova/2008/03/26/1206542790270_012.jpg
http://genova.repubblica.it/multimedia/home/1954393/1/13

Random pics from flickr:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4414430049_95e90e0ff6_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46003254@N06/4414430049/)
IMG_1380 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46003254@N06/4414430049/) di Stefano Meglio (http://www.flickr.com/people/46003254@N06/), su Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4414429367_51d8ca7f10_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46003254@N06/4414429367/)
IMG_1351 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46003254@N06/4414429367/) di Stefano Meglio (http://www.flickr.com/people/46003254@N06/), su Flickr

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/4323349464_94a0479dc3_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vespista/4323349464/)
Carruggi Genova (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vespista/4323349464/) di vespatour (http://www.flickr.com/people/vespista/), su Flickr


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/468238197_0adb42da84_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3709223503_0b2bea15b5_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eilart/

I love this vertical city :)

Inside the "Commenda di San Giovanni di Prè"
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4819471106_e765cd3b5c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/4819471106/)
10062902209commenda (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/4819471106/) di coundown (http://www.flickr.com/people/coundown/), su Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4819471300_fb82a0bae3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/4819471300/)
10062902211commenda (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/4819471300/) di coundown (http://www.flickr.com/people/coundown/), su Flickr

San Marco al Molo church
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/San_Marco_al_Molo_Genova_01.jpg/800px-San_Marco_al_Molo_Genova_01.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Marco_al_Molo_Genova_01.jpg)
da Wikimedia Commons

Nostra Signora delle Grazie al Molo church
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Santuario_di_Nostra_Signora_delle_Grazie_al_Molo_Genova_03.jpg/800px-Santuario_di_Nostra_Signora_delle_Grazie_al_Molo_Genova_03.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santuario_di_Nostra_Signora_delle_Grazie_al_Molo_Genova_03.jpg)
da Wikimedia Commons

Close to the old town, on a hill, there's the "Villetta Dinegro" public garden.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Villetta_Di_Negro2.jpg/800px-Villetta_Di_Negro2.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villetta_Di_Negro2.jpg)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villetta_Di_Negro

In a building in this park there's the "Chiossone"
museum of oriental art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edoardo_Chiossone_Museum_of_Oriental_Art

official site:http://www.museidigenova.it/spip.php?rubrique263

From the park there's a good view on the old town.

Some random picture, from Flickr:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3734264555_71467e2632_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnshaun/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3734265027_ca6b862c6d_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnshaun/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3724815061_142ae51044_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnshaun/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/3757901592_7b8a727fed_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnshaun/

Genoa was an important port and financial center of Europe in Middle Ages. The traces of its glorious past have been felt everywhere in a city. I love this town as well as other Italian cities because of their stunning classical architecture, reflecting the soul of Italian people and culture.

From flickr:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3177135666_edf5266a59_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17060363@N08/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3176289617_ea7dd5d82a_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17060363@N08/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/11232927_159282400a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanskremers/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/5155098268_a442665a88_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arbaspaa/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/376352469_d56ee63fa7_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5432651533_e737e74342_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59298996@N02/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/2125289320_7c1b271afc_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5082303234_6a86fbbc66_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54815604@N05/

Since when did Saint Petersburg stop being Europe?

By the way, nice city, I like it more than Venice in the historical perspective.

Are you talking about the thread title? I think that when they say Genoa has the biggest historic centre of Europe they mean "of medieval origin". I don't know if it is "the" biggest, but surely is "one of" a very little number with a so wide, clear medieval plant.

amazing pics

Genoa, the sister port of Antwerp. With close ties that go back to the middle ages. Rubens, our most famous painter, went to Genoa to study. And even today, the Antwerp port keeps close contact with Genoa. I should really visit this city that has such a special band with mine.

yes genoa is very nice , one of the most beautiful cities in the world for me

From flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/6000893648_919beb5d8b_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12202096@N03/


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5041/5259235816_4030d624c7_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darko82/


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/49626327_79868635f3_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakkephotoalbum/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/296482530_670d6a5fa3_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsdalloway1925/

out of the so called "old town", some pictures of the beautiful "via XX settembre", with buildings from the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th.

from flickr
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/72802647_c04ce876e8_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakkephotoalbum/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Genova_-_Via_XX_settembre.JPG/1024px-Genova_-_Via_XX_settembre.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova_-_Via_XX_settembre.JPG)
di William Domenichini (Opera propria), da Wikimedia Commons

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/72802648_c3fb3fd96b_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakkephotoalbum/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2552/3692872187_832c374ca6_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinborland/

Piazza De Ferrari

from flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/4064782381_78fc1aaba9_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobsor/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2088/2023507465_dd1a46cd8a_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cancio/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2890140802_cac1be3907_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidesimonetti/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/132045957_761ab8adbb_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankz/

on a upper level, near via xx settembre,
Santo Stefano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Stefano_%28Genoa%29) church, an ancient romanesque church with neo-gothic addictions

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_2.jpg/640px-Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_2.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_2.jpg)
Santo Stefano Genova particolari 2 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_2.jpg) da Wikimedia Commons

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_1.jpg/500px-Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_1.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_1.jpg)
Santo Stefano Genova particolari 1 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santo_Stefano_Genova_particolari_1.jpg) da Wikimedia Commons

Via xx settembre: neo-gothic arcade below Santo Stefano church
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4274400223_f45e9303fd_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laanita2008/

Palazzo Doria Spinola (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Doria-Spinola)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2970450809_5657086ffa_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pershing100/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/4033950821_fd28f8248a_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/4034703932_905466b3f9_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/

Corvetto Square
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2655634199_25baaa62a2_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertonarducci/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3541486739_6f14a08854_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeriogajno/

Views on the city, from flickr
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/398797488_6599c61be1_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leontea/


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/54647978_01daf4a8e7_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yagogayo/

Other photos (taken by me), from De Ferrari square

http://i52.tinypic.com/33c3cdw.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2i8jhxl.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/1zcpwld.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/5untbl.jpg

Some pic from Via San Lorenzo
http://i52.tinypic.com/14dhpqa.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/20tjplk.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/27xief5.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2enrsk1.jpg

Palazzo Doria Tursi (now city hall), from flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4416348973_c268258d89_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adlibitum/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4789488816_3ebd2981c8_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/californiapete/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4362978684_6a6230c284_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4788860625_58392f550b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/californiapete/

Palazzo Spinola (now Deutsche Bank)
http://www.spinola.it/users/root/uImages/gallery/2_11.jpg
http://www.spinola.it/index.php?content=gallery&idArticle=1&idPage=29&language=it

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3303644087_6dbed741ff_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avinon/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3304473106_fa444921cc_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avinon/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3303643601_13105b767b_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avinon/

http://www.spinola.it/users/root/uImages/gallery/2_23.jpg
http://www.spinola.it/index.php?content=gallery&idArticle=1&idPage=29&language=it

Palazzo Tobia Pallavicino (Now Chamber of Commerce)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Genova-DSCF7473.JPG/800px-Genova-DSCF7473.JPG (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF7473.JPG)
Genova-DSCF7473 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genova-DSCF7473.JPG)da Wikimedia Commons

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5327429683_c3c572172c_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5328039854_cfc389dd53_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5046/5327428883_8486539c6c_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coundown/

Palazzo Spinola di Pellicceria (now a national gallery of art)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4440286921_d21c88b6ba_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genovacittadigitale/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4440277293_e238348c54_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genovacittadigitale/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4440270003_6794754a86_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genovacittadigitale/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4441049276_fa7012b9db_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genovacittadigitale/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4441041630_3a7ba14bc0_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genovacittadigitale/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4441037736_c30894f528_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genovacittadigitale/

Another view over the city
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/228098392_e3354d546f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brummm76/

Again from flickr
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/418033151_6836f231be_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotomiao/

Piazza della meridiana ("sundial square")
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4362975868_677ffb9134_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/

Palazzo della Meridiana (now a convention center)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi_sud.jpg/800px-PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi_sud.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PalazzoGerolamoGrimaldi_sud.jpg) di Postcrosser (Opera propria), da Wikimedia Commons

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5963131579_e610748d82_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genovacittadigitale/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6022/5961480909_216cc628c3_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colsub/

and some picture from the official gallery
http://www.palazzodellameridiana.it/gallery.html

http://www.palazzodellameridiana.it/images/slideshow/gallery/img_slide_11.jpg

http://www.palazzodellameridiana.it/images/slideshow/gallery/img_slide_02.jpg

http://www.palazzodellameridiana.it/images/slideshow/gallery/img_slide_07.jpg

Christopher Columbus house (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_di_Cristoforo_Colombo_%28Genova%29)
near Porta Soprana

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/3704693233_e1f42925cd_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artmenstudio/

Saint Andrew cloister
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2761/4368604542_effd2cf8e0_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eurobiker68/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2050/2352233676_f8b78f2c53_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slow_brains/

Palazzo Rosso (now a museum)
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Some views from Palazzo Rosso
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Oh Genoa, my lovely city :colgate:

Thanks for the photos !

Some say amsterdam has the biggest historical centre anbd bolagna has the 2nd biggest who do i have to believe. The biggest historical centres ive seen were Venice and Brugge.

Albergo dei poveri
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Wonderful!

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amazing very nice city

totally amazing stuff ... am jst lovin it ... this is a real classical stuff outstanding i m amazed really thanks for sharing

A relief on a portal: saint George and the dragon.
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wow nice pics guys

Oh Genoa, I love this old city state with a true merchant heart and spirit! Merchant states like Genova and Venice were the best states ever =)
Beautiful photos !!

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more pics

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Modern structures in the old harbour
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(the sphere is designed -like other structures in the old harbour- by Renzo Piano, who was born in Genoa)

"Santa Maria delle Vigne" church.
Cloister
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bell tower
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Some palace interiors
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Palazzo Balbi Senarega, now one of the University palaces
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@Lorexo :ohno:

....the biggest historical center in Europe.....

:fart:

Beautiful town - I've been there twice, but sure you've never left Genoa to see Paris, Amsterdam, London, Madrid or Roma....

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Genova has some truly old quarters.

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This last photo, though, embarrass me deeply as a fellow Italian: in 2011, there should be NO clothesline hanging from external wall altogether. Niente. It make otherwise nice city areas look like slums.

After visiting many cities in southern Europe, i can only say that i love Italia.
Questa città è molto interessante.. visitò Liguria lo prossimo Anno.

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Genova has some truly old quarters.

This last photo, though, embarrass me deeply as a fellow Italian: in 2011, there should be NO clothesline hanging from external wall altogether. Niente. It make otherwise nice city areas look like slums.

i think it looks lovely and so alive
so real and traditional, reminds you of nonna doing the laundry and the kids playing some calcio in the tight streets
dont be afraid

i think it looks lovely and so alive
so real and traditional, reminds you of nonna doing the laundry and the kids playing some calcio in the tight streets
dont be afraid

Sorry, mate (I'm assuming you are from ME from your location).

My "nonna" and his beloved 60 year-married husband (my grandfather) worked up to 60 hours a day to their bones so that the family (my parents' generation) would escape poverty and all the things associated with it. No glamour on wasting your life playing calcio on streets or wasting your time doing manual laundry when machines do that for you ;)

Traditions are usually rotten and low-class anyway. Glad to see nobody of my age care about that stuff except the nostalgic. But that is off-topic.

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Parts of the old quarters of Genova have extremely narrow streets. Less than 2m wide, that is it. It makes buildings extremely uncomfortable for almost no privacy from windows and, in lower floors, no direct sunlight anytime of the day.

As a result, it is not a typical historical quarter where gentrification and retrofitting would be enough to give the place a better look. It has been dominated by poor inhabitants which don't care much about their buildings, and sometimes are hostile to projects to clean up the area.

If they succeed getting rid of the worst elements there, I'm sure that as a large-scale architectural museum or monument-esque neighborhood it will make an awesome place, if inhabitants leave for most of it.

I have an example here on Google Street View (http://g.co/maps/d3x8y) (you can navigate to areas around it). That area is just unsafe/unhealthy for modern living. They could make it a museum with controlled environments of the whole place, or demolish part of the buildings to create wider streets (I'm not even talking about making them car-accessible, just provide room for air and sunlight to get on the windows).

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Sorry, mate (I'm assuming you are from ME from your location).

My "nonna" and his beloved 60 year-married husband (my grandfather) worked up to 60 hours a day to their bones so that the family (my parents' generation) would escape poverty and all the things associated with it. No glamour on wasting your life playing calcio on streets or wasting your time doing manual laundry when machines do that for you ;)

Traditions are usually rotten and low-class anyway. Glad to see nobody of my age care about that stuff except the nostalgic. But that is off-topic.


WTF?
Are you a marxist or something?
Part of whats so great about Italy is the fact that they HAVEN'T lost their sense of traditions and culture despite increasing their standard of living.

I mean, sure, you can be rootless, ultra-modernistic, depressed and liberal like northwest Germany, the Netherlands or Scandinavia...
Or you can be catholic, traditional, proud of your culture and your heritage.

You seriously sound like either a marxist or an eastern block person un-sure of himself, only interested in what "modern life" has to offer.

Northern Italy and the countries around the alps are seriously the best part of Europe.
The mixture of traditionalism/catholic conservatism and work ethic, inovationalism and organizational skills is just staggering.


Sorry for ranting, but I cant stand people that are embarassed by their heritage and worship the god of modernism.

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Genova has some truly old quarters.
This last photo, though, embarrass me deeply as a fellow Italian: in 2011, there should be NO clothesline hanging from external wall altogether. Niente. It make otherwise nice city areas look like slums.

What do you want an hipertechnological dryier made of tempered steel? C'mon, we're in 2012 now, we're trying to move back to nature and sustainability, and the fact of having sun drying our clothes it's a blessing. It's a pure ecological luxury. We're completely sustainable and we never felt into some modern error that occurred according XXth century dogmativism, still being very carefully in not losing anything modern technologies have to offer us. You know what being italian means? I'm middle class, I'm not rich at all, but I live in front of a XIII century castle, and I work as a journalist on the web, and I'm probably the biggest technology geek you've eer seen. And live happily with that. That aequilibrium is like a miracle, but I tell you...we did it, We're in XXI century and we still look like ourselves. Never lose your soul, mate. ;)
Genova shows us that in a wonderful way! :D

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What do you want an hipertechnological dryier made of tempered steel? C'mon, we're in 2012 now, we're trying to move back to nature and sustainability, and the fact of having sun drying our clothes it's a blessing. It's a pure ecological luxury. We're completely sustainable and we never felt into some modern error that occurred according XXth century dogmativism, still being very carefully in not losing anything modern technologies have to offer us. You know what being italian means? I'm middle class, I'm not rich at all, but I live in front of a XIII century castle, and I work as a journalist on the web, and I'm probably the biggest technology geek you've eer seen. And live happily with that. That aequilibrium is like a miracle, but I tell you...we did it, We're in XXI century and we still look like ourselves. Never lose your soul, mate. ;)
Genova shows us that in a wonderful way! :D

Well said! :cheers:

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Suburbanist and his ideas...

Suburbanist and his ideas...

If he ruled the world I think everything build was glass and steel, not that I hate New York, Brasilia and Seattle or something like those three cities but there also have to be some 'old' stuff, which remind the generations of now/future of the generations before them, how they lived and learn from the passed...

What is wrong with hanging your clothes at lines above streets, alley's et cetera? That gives in my opinion many streets an extra character. It's a natural way and it doens't give any extra problems for the ozon layer ;) Not everything has to be modern, some traditional stuff doesn't always hurt someone.....

Yeah that's the spirit! In clothing we have now widened our horizon: once there was only classic dresses, and now there is a very cheap and comfortable sporty clothing I wear all the day all the days, but when comes the occasion, I can dress elegant too, and no one tells me I'm a retrograd or a nostalgic just because I'm all dressed up classically. But in acrhitecture that simple fact is very struggled: people just proceeded with a substitution of ALL the classic with ALL modern. But that's very shortminded since every progress should be a widening of choices, not a simple substitution of them removing completely what's past. I want to have, like I have in clothes, the full freedom in architecture to choice if that day I want to go classical or go sporty! ;)

Yeah that's the spirit! In clothing we have now widened our horizon: once there was only classic dresses, and now there is a very cheap and comfortable sporty clothing I wear all the day all the days, but when comes the occasion, I can dress elegant too, and no one tells me I'm a retrograd or a nostalgic just because I'm all dressed up classically. But in acrhitecture that simple fact is very struggled: people just proceeded with a substitution of ALL the classic with ALL modern. But that's very shortminded since every progress should be a widening of choices, not a simple substitution of them removing completely what's past. I want to have, like I have in clothes, the full freedom in architecture to choice if that day I want to go classical or go sporty! ;)

great job and spirit tommolo :cheers: great you want freedom so show it in real life how you see freedom ;)

Italy knows best!

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The city looks great!

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Great pictures from the city of the thousand Palaces! :D

@Lorexo :ohno:

....the biggest historical center in Europe.....

:fart:

Beautiful town - I've been there twice, but sure you've never left Genoa to see Paris, Amsterdam, London, Madrid or Roma....


Madrid? Paris? London????

Could you show me please where their historical center are?
I would love to see them. :lol:

WTF?
Are you a marxist or something?
Part of whats so great about Italy is the fact that they HAVEN'T lost their sense of traditions and culture despite increasing their standard of living.

I mean, sure, you can be rootless, ultra-modernistic, depressed and liberal like northwest Germany, the Netherlands or Scandinavia...
Or you can be catholic, traditional, proud of your culture and your heritage.

You seriously sound like either a marxist or an eastern block person un-sure of himself, only interested in what "modern life" has to offer.

Northern Italy and the countries around the alps are seriously the best part of Europe.
The mixture of traditionalism/catholic conservatism and work ethic, inovationalism and organizational skills is just staggering.


Sorry for ranting, but I cant stand people that are embarassed by their heritage and worship the god of modernism.


:)

You're absolutely right. I totally agree with you. The northern italian way of life should become an example for us all.

Do not take Suburbanist so seriously. He's kinda blind minded and got a radical point of view.

According to him, all waterfalls should be converted into a potential hydroelectric dam to generate as much power as possible... :lol:

Rising the productivity... Increasing the labour force... That's all he cares about.

Cheers!

By the way, Genoa is a much more interesting city than most people think.

Madrid? Paris? London????

Could you show me please where their historical center are?
I would love to see them. :lol:

Madrid's historical center is probably not as old as the Genoa's one, but it's at least one of the biggest historical centers in the world, the biggest in Spain with Seville.

As far as i know this statement that Genoa has the largest historical center is due to the fact that the geography of the city made it cheaper to build the walls in an outer position than the actual limit of the city in the time the walls were built (xvi century i guess). So that the area anclosed by the walls is larger than the real dimension of the historical urban fabric.

^^No, i am sure. I said various times that in Genoa the historic center is well defined and it's just the so called "città vecchia". It's one of the very few big historic center in europe where almost every one building has signs of its medieval origin. Every old, poor looking house in the alleys has some relief, some gothic arch, some window, that shows how ancient is.
From this comes the misunderstanding: for that period i think just Venice in Europe can be so wide and preserved (but I am not sure about this, maybe there are other cities).
Anyway noone ever considers Genoese historic center as the area enclosed by the system of walls on the hills. One thing is the old town, another the walls and forts of Genoa.

there are two "urban legends" about Genoa: one about the "biggest old town"..., one about the "longest walls"..... I don't know what is true, but don't mix them.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7076/7032113395_2e9860bd3e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44212724@N07/

genoa is amazing

Madrid's historical center is probably not as old as the Genoa's one, but it's at least one of the biggest historical centers in the world, the biggest in Spain with Seville.

Come on! You spaniards built the whole city yesterday and today already got a historical center? You only fool yourself!

Madrid has been tiny and modest for the most part in its history. It became a really major city almost in the XIX century. It's historically impossible it has a big historical center.

^^ Really? Madrid also has a big historical center since several centuries ago.


AÑO 1656 - Texeira map

http://artedemadrid.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/plano.jpg

AÑO 2007

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4742/cascoantiguo.jpg


from east to west = 3.74 km

from north to south = 2.50 km

^^ Really? Madrid also has a big historical center since several centuries ago.


AÑO 1656 - Texeira map

http://artedemadrid.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/plano.jpg

AÑO 2007

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4742/cascoantiguo.jpg


from east to west = 3.74 km

from north to south = 2.50 km


I think you missed the point here.

Maps doesn't prove anything. I can show you a map of the City in London made before the great fire and one from afterwards and you'll realize the outline remained almost the same. Some streets were widened, but the original streets lines didn't change at all. What really changed were the buildings.

The same happens to Madrid. Actually, most of thoses buildings shown on the map above are not from the XVII century, as you're trying to imply, but from the XIX period. Therefore, the much claimed Spain's biggest historical center, in reality, is not so storical.

My point is: a little more than a hundred years old center is not enough yet to be called storical, especially taking into account the european standards.

Actually, most of thoses buildings shown on the map above are not from the XVII century, as you're trying to imply, but from the XIX period. Therefore, the much claimed Spain's biggest historical center, in reality, is not so storical.


I understand your point but I think that you are wrong with your concepts becouse a lot of these buildings are really from XVII century. Obviously, other builthings are from earlier and later centuries.

Madrid has been tiny and modest for the most part in its history. It became a really major city almost in the XIX century. It's historically impossible it has a big historical center.

Almost all the capital cities of Europe became big cities in the XIX century (Rome, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, etc.). But they have huge historical center as Madrid has.

Madrid has preserved almost all its historic buildings, and only a few were destroyed during napoleonic war. Residential buildings were renovated, as the same as all historical centers, including the oldest part Genoa (nobody live in medieval houses but in houses of a one or two centuries ago).

The most important buildings in the historical center, that you can see in dark colored building of Madrid, have been mostly preserved and used for other things, like museums (Reina Sofia, Prado and so on):

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4716/madridxvii.jpg

http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/128542/dyn010_original_924_684_pjpeg_2670099_5f4fcc12f73bea1d6c8a06a71e77abc6.jpg






Historical center of Madrid has beautiful twentieth century buildings but have been conserved all the its old historical buildings (except a few ones for war).

I agree that Madrid has an interesting historical center, even if actually historical center means that people still lives in middle age houses, modernized and everything, but still the same...in Genoa, Rome, Prague and Sevilla is like that ;)

Residential buildings were renovated, as the same as all historical centers, including the oldest part Genoa (nobody live in medieval houses but in houses of a one or two centuries ago).

.
mmm? about this point, what's peculiar of Genoa is that probably the majority of common houses in the old town have been just renovated but never rebuilt since the middle ages.

An image wich maybe explains what I mean
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1165/537614735_4b01fc843a_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suibhne/


Most of the walls, most of the stones, are there since that time.
So yes, people live in medieval houses which had some make up.
Every other city in Italy has some house of this kind, but not so many.

(it's not a good image but i don't find a better one on flickr, sorry :D )

Oh yes! some old residential building in Genoa have suffered a makeup, like in other cities of Italy or in Madrid. Maybe Genoa has conserved better its ancient residential building than others cities, probably.

I visited Genoa two years ago. I swear that I was in love with the city (it's difficult to discribe to me but I thougt that I was walking in other world, all seem special to me).

The mediaval part of Genoa has very narrow streets but very tall buildings (four or five stories). These buildings do not look very old (http://maps.google.es/maps?q=genova&ie=UTF8&ll=44.408324,8.930002&spn=0.002939,0.006968&hnear=G%C3%A9nova,+Liguria,+Italia&gl=es&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=44.408293,8.930076&panoid=b69I59qsz_DagwghuHSCeQ&cbp=12,290.9,,0,-21.8) but i believe you when you say that thare are many ancient residential building in Genoa.


I agree that Madrid has an interesting historical center, even if actually historical center means that people still lives in middle age houses, modernized and everything, but still the same...in Genoa, Rome, Prague and Sevilla is like that ;)

Yes, that basically is that I think :)

yes the fact is that in genoa the pintoresque narrow street does not let you look properly at the palaces, the same thing is for Naples for examples, but when you look at those building carefully, and visit the palaces on the inside, you get to know that they are ancient palaces, really ;)

Other pics from flickr, Via Garibaldi.
Formerly "strada nuova". Palaces built in the late 16th century. Mainly mannerism and early baroque style.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6921462386_d9f80a3b3e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loungerie/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/7067545897_5e15f80c57_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loungerie/

^^ These pics remind me good moments walking around this neighborhood. Gorgeous palaces :drool:

... i believe you when you say that thare are many ancient residential building in Genoa.

some pics of this kind...

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9651/piazzasanluca.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2273/commendapre.jpg


http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/1298/atrio.jpg

... and much more

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9784/portalepiazzapinelli2.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3782/portalep.jpg

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7766/portalepiazzasanbernard.jpg

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5718/portaleviagrazie.jpg

http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/3962/portalepiazzacattaneo.jpg

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/509/porticisottoripa.jpg

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7418/dalmedioevoaisoviet.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1262/sanluca.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/661/santamariadicastello.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9505/portasopranacolonna.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6752/portalepalazzocicala.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3691/portabassorilievonearvi.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4060/edicolapianosantandrea.jpg

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/6949/campopisanomosaico.jpg

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3473/piazzavigne.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1934/edicoolavicodelfilo.jpg

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5067/palazzosansetepapiazzai.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4544/palazzogiustiniani.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5525/palazzosanbernardo.jpg

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8610/torreembriaci.jpg

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6122/palazzopodesta.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9113/palazzospinola.jpg

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4179/sanlorenzovia.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/7087495023_def5c1c8a5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46591029@N02/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5238/7098365837_cf72dde766_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loungerie/

stunning city.

this building looks like an ancient Roman insulae:

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4060/edicolapianosantandrea.jpg

Absolutely gorgeous.
Had some of my best holidays in Italy.

As far as i know this statement that Genoa has the largest historical center is due to the fact that the geography of the city made it cheaper to build the walls in an outer position than the actual limit of the city in the time the walls were built (xvi century i guess). So that the area anclosed by the walls is larger than the real dimension of the historical urban fabric.

The walls were built on the mountain ridges behind the city so I guess it was for strategic reasons rather than economic. Just guessing...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6042/6250247959_e69d62955d_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7444532@N05/

Genova , Italy

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6948382616_3a814d9b68_b_d.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6948382616_3a814d9b68_b_d.jpg

Genova , Italia

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6201505209_d375a45008_b_d.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6201505209_d375a45008_b_d.jpg

Genova , Italy

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/6948561570_cc8a4aa6b4_b_d.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/6948561570_cc8a4aa6b4_b_d.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8147/6971680310_fec53ffb71_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loungerie/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7101545171_6664334ffd_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loungerie/

belle foto

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8013/7141954783_2c28f7436f_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_icara/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8027/7149218717_094f1fe424_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gimbo/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/7203655154_cfeb04289f_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubertino/

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7078/7203638864_b13b152110_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubertino/

is there a "new town" Genova?

of course there is, but no one goes to visit it since the old town are the most beautiful parts in the cities when they still are present ;)
Anyway, here you are. wow.

http://rete.comuni-italiani.it/foto/2009/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/394273-800x595.jpg

is there a "new town" Genova?

some picks from flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2110/2322313024_840cd6028b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cebete/2322313024/)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3238/2322328574_5065484b82.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cebete/2322328574/)

Genova Corso Italia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cebete/2322328574/) di Cebete (http://www.flickr.com/people/cebete/), su Flickr