Museum of the Ligurian Art Academy

Where the Dukes of Genoa used to live.

The house where Columbus lived as a child.

The biggest European collection of Oriental art.

A group of palaces, or rather, fancy private homes whose owners volunteered to host foreign dignitaries during their visits to Genoa in the 16th-17th centuries. On the UNESCO World Heritage List.

also known as Via Aurea and Strada Nuova, Golden Street and New Street has very impressive baroque buildings.