Via Garibaldi 12

This polished emporium offers an all around altered blend for the observing customer. Watches composed by Achille Castiglioni and furniture by Zaha Hadid share space with top-quality family’s merchandise" by MONOCL

HISTORY Unesco Patrimonio mondiale Umanit? - World Heritage Via Garibaldi e Palazzo Campanella amidst the road in 1552 designer Giovanni Ponzello manufactured the royal residence of Baldassarre Lomellino, a Genoese dealer that turned into the broker of Philip II King of Spain.

In 1569 he appointed to genoise painter Andrea Semino a fresco with the Glory of Scipio the African, a roman saint in which he distinguishes himself. Another proprietor, Cristoforo Spinola, in 1772, asked to the planner Charles de Wailly to outline these paitings with resplendent gildings.

The "Salone degli Zecchini" was conceived, redesigned in the style of Versailles. This new taste impacted the Genoese gentry, and the palazzo Spinola turned into an "unquestionable requirement see" for Grand Tour explorers, including Stendhal, Flaubert and Lady Morgan. It was highlighted additionally in 1776 Diderot's Encyclopedie, for instance of present day design.