San Giorgio Palace or Palace of Compere di San Giorgio, is one of the most important and well-known historical buildings in Genoa.
It currently houses the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa with its Library.
The building, included in the Molo district, is made up of two distinct parts: an older part, a typical example of medieval civil architecture, with the façade facing the Sottoripa portico, and a Renaissance part, facing the sea, in which front, overlooking via della Mercanzia, the short road that connects piazza Loading and piazza Cavour, near the ancient port, opens the main entrance portal.
Initially called the palace of the sea, because it directly overlooks the port docks, with the sea lapping its foundations, it was built on a design by friar Oliverio, architect and Cistercian monk, around the middle of the 13th century as the seat of the Municipality; it later became the seat of customs and in the 15th century it passed to the Banco di San Giorgio, from which it took its name.
Enlarged in the sixteenth century, it was completely restored in the second half of the nineteenth century by Alfredo d'Andrade after a period of decay; since 1903 it has housed the offices of the Genoese port authority.
San Giorgio Palace - Palace of Compere di San Giorgio
Address: Palazzo San Giorgio, 2, 16126
Phone: +390102411
Site:
https://www.portsofgenoa.com/it/Location inserted by
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