Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli

Palazzo Reale (Genoa) Stefano Balbi

The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli in Genoa’s historic centre date from the late 16th and early 17th centuries when the Republic of Genoa was at the height of its financial and seafaring power. The site represents the first example in Europe of an urban development project parcelled out by a public authority within a unitary framework and associated to a particular system of ‘public lodging’ in private residences, as decreed by the Senate in 1576. The site includes an ensemble of Renaissance and Baroque palaces along the so-called ‘new streets’ (Strade Nuove). The Palazzi dei Rolli offer an extraordinary variety of different solutions, achieving universal value in adapting to the particular characteristics of the site and to the requirements of a specific social and economic organization. They also offer an original example of a public network of private residences designated to host state visits.

The 44 Palaces

1. Antonio Doria
2. Clement Della Rovere
3. Giorgio Spinola
4. Tomaso Spinola
5. Giacomo Spinola
6. Augustine Ayrolo
7. Paolo e Nicolò Interiano
8. Agostino Pallavicini
9. Pantaleo Spinola
10. Franco Lercari
11. Tobia Pallavicini
12. Angelo Giovanni Spinola
13. Gio Battista Spinola
14. Nicolosio Lomellino
15. Lazzaro and Giacomo Spinola
16. Nicolò Grimaldi
17. Baldassarre Lomellini
18. Luca Grimaldi
19. Rodolfo and Francesco Brignole Sale
20. Gerolamo Grimaldi
21. Gio Carlo Brignole
22. Bartholomew Lomellini
23. Stefano Lomellini
24. Giacomo Lomellini and Cattaneo De Marini
25. Antoniotto Cattaneo
26. G. Agostino Balbi
27. Gio Francesco Balbi
28. Giocomo and Pantaleo Balbi
29. Francesco Balbi Piovera
30. Stefano Balbi
31. Cosma Centurione
32. Giorgio Centurione
33. Gio Battista Centurione
34. Cipriano Pallavicini
35. Nicolò Spinola
36. Francesco Grimaldi
37. Gio Battista Grimaldi
38. Stefano De Mari
39. Ambrose De Nigro
40. Emanuele Filiberto Di Negro
41. Croce De Marini

 Italy

Liguria Region, Genoa Province

N44 24 44 E8 55 52

Date of Inscription: 2006

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 16 ha 

Buffer zone: 113 ha

Ref: 1211

Source: http://whc.unesco.org