Discover the Tower and the Ancient Prison of Palazzo Ducale
2009-01-01 to 2009-05-31 Ongoing Closed Mondays
Venue: Palazzo Ducale
The Doge's Former Residence
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Founded in the 14th century as the first city council, this palazzo was expropriated from the Grimaldi family, and susbequently underwent its first series of extensions at the end of the sixteenth century under the supervision of A. Vannone. After a fire that destroyed the roofing, it was retored between 1778 and 1783 by Tagliafichi, who designed the imposing neo-classical façade that faces onto Piazza Matteotti, one of the first of its kind to be built in Italy. From the double galleried ground floor entrance hall you may ascend to the first floor to visit the beautiful chapel, decorated by G.B. Carlone, as well as the Room of the Two Councils, the Greater and the Lesser, which constituted the government of the time, when the Republican nobles decided the fate of the city. Recently restored, the Palazzo Ducale is today a multi-purpose cultural centre in which, as well as antique shops, bookshops, fitness centres, bars, restaurants and nightclubs, you can find the Historical Archives of the City of Genova, the Ligurian Society of National History (which boasts a library containing 27,000 volumes), the Ligurian Academy of Science and Literature, the Society of Literature and Scientific Discourse and the Youth Information Centre. Important international exhibitions also take place there.
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Palazzo Ducale offers both. It's a marvelous place where you can find budget restaurants for eve...
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