Palazzo Doria-Tursi

The Palazzo Doria-Tursi, in Genoa

The Palazzo Doria-Tursi is the most majestic palace of the Via Garibaldi, seat of the city hall of Genoa. The Genoa audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this Renaissance and baroque treasure raised from 1565 for the banker Niccolò Grimaldi, nicknamed "the Monarch", whose façade of pink stone, slate and marble is adorned with the arms of the city, and that forms with the Palazzi Bianco and Rosso the trio of museums of the street.

History

Bianco, Rosso and Doria-Tursi: here is gathered the trio of the Palazzi Rolli of the Via Garibaldi, named after this former juridical system that helped Genoa to lodge its prestigious visitors in the dwellings of its most influential families in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Described as the most majestic of the street, the Palazzo Doria-Tursi appeared from 1565 at the request of Niccolò Grimaldi, man of multiple titles of nobility and principal banker of the king of Spain Philip II. In appearance the very opposite of a man in need, Grimaldi found himself nevertheless ruined in 1593 and had to sell his palace. It is Giovanni Andrea Doria who bought it back and made it the property of his younger son, the duke of Tursi, hence the current name. On the main façade, alternating pink stone, grey slate and white marble, stands out a majestic portal surmounted by the arms of Genoa: proof that, in addition to being a Renaissance and baroque architectural treasure, the Palazzo Doria-Tursi is also the seat of the city hall, and this since 1848.

What to see

Here you admire the most majestic palace of the Via Garibaldi, raised from 1565 for the banker Niccolò Grimaldi, with its façade of pink stone, slate and marble adorned with the arms of Genoa; seat of the city hall since 1848, it forms with the Palazzi Bianco and Rosso the trio of museums of the street. The Palazzo Doria-Tursi is a Renaissance jewel of Genoa. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Palazzo Doria-Tursi lies at number 9 of the Via Garibaldi, in Genoa, reachable on foot. It shelters the city hall and museum collections; the access and hours follow the conditions in force, which vary. It is best to enquire before coming.

What does the Palazzo Doria-Tursi of Genoa shelter?

The most majestic palace of the Via Garibaldi, raised from 1565 for the banker Niccolò Grimaldi then passed to the Doria, is the seat of the city hall of Genoa since 1848; Renaissance and baroque treasure with its façade of pink stone, slate and marble adorned with the arms of the city, it also shelters museum collections, with the Palazzi Bianco and Rosso.

Where is the Palazzo Doria-Tursi in Genoa?

At number 9 of the Via Garibaldi, in Genoa, in Italy.