Palazzi dei Rolli
As Palazzi dei Rolli be referred to the historical palaces in Le Strade Nuove the so-called in Genoa.
Among the most famous palaces, Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Rosso include (after the color of their facades named), where art galleries are housed, and the Palazzo Doria Tursi, which today houses the town hall of Genoa. The former Jesuit College, a baroque building from 1634 to 1636, since 1803, hosts the University of Genoa; the courtyard is the most beautiful palace yard in Genoa.
Other palaces are the Palazzo Balbi - Senarega, 1620 by Bart. Bianco started, late 17th century by Corradi enlarged, and the Palazzi Adorno, Podestà, Doria, Spinola, Carrega - Cataldi, Parodi, Gambaro, Pallavicini Cambiaso and others, all from the second half of the 16th century.
History
The palaces were given from the 16th to the 18th centuries by the most influential Genoese noble families commissioned and served both as a residence and for representation purposes.
The name Palazzi dei Rolli is derived from blind ( list), as was alternately chosen a noble family at the time of the Republic of Genoa to the drawing of lots, the State received the guests.
Since 2006, include the palaces to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Cultural landscapes Amalfi Coast | Etna | Cilento and Vallo di Diano ( with Elea, Paestum and Charterhouse of Padula ) | Dolomites | Aeolian Islands | Porto Venere and Cinque Terre with Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto | Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (Catania, Caltagirone, Noto, Militello in Val di Catania, Modica, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa and Scicli ) | Val d' Orcia
Historic town centers Ferrara | Florence | Genoa (Le Strade Nuove and Palazzi dei Rolli ) | Mantua and Sabbioneta | Naples | Pienza | Rome ( with sites of the Holy See and St. Paul Outside the Walls ) | San Gimignano | Siena | Syracuse | Urbino | Venice | Verona | Vicenza (and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto region )
Archaeological Sites Temple Valley | Su Nuraxi of Barumini | Etruscan necropolis of Cerveteri and Tarquinia | Necropolis of Pantalica | Pompeii, Herculaneum and Villa Oplontis | Rock Art in Valcamonica | Villa Romana del Casale | Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Individual buildings or groups of buildings Crespi d' Adda | Trulli of Alberobello | Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi | Basilica of Aquileia | Palace of Caserta, San Leucio and Vanvitelli aqueduct in Caserta | Castel del Monte | The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power; 568-774 AD (Brescia, Cividale del Friuli, Castelseprio, Spoleto, Campello sul Clitunno, Benevento and Monte Sant'Angelo ) | Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan | Sassi di Matera | Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena | Botanical Garden of Padua | Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa ( Leaning Tower, Duomo, Baptistery and Campo Santo ) | early Christian monuments and Mosaics of Ravenna | Sacri Monti | Villa Adriana and Villa d' Este in Tivoli | Residences of the Royal House of Savoy and Piedmont | Palladian villas in the Veneto | villas and gardens of the Medici family in Tuscany
- World Heritage Sites in Italy
- Palace in Genoa