The Christ of the Abyss is an imposing bronze statue placed in 1954 on the backdrop of the bay of San Fruttuoso, between Camogli and Portofino from inside the protected natural marine Portofino, 15 meters deep. The statue was born from an idea of Duilio Marcante that following the death of Dario Gonzatti when diving […]
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La Lanterna is the name given to the harbor lighthouse (faro in Italian) in the city of Genoa, capital of the region of Liguria . It is located on the promontory called San Begnino , not far from Sampierdarena and comes in the form of a square tower of 76 meters . She wears a […]
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The Duomo di San Lorenzo Cathedral in Genoa was consecrated by Pope Gelasius II in 1118 and is dedicated to the archdeacon of the Church of Rome, martyred in 258 on the Via Tiburtina. The alternating gray and white on the front, a process quite common in Liguria, supports the massiveness of the set and […]
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The system of the Palaces of Rolli (Italian: Sistema di Palazzi dei Rolli di Genova) is a legally established public housing system for distinguished guests welcomed by the Republic of Genoa in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At that time, attended by many foreign visitors, Genoa was one of the greatest maritime powers of […]
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Balzi Rossi is a name given to a beach (also known as ” the beach of the eggs “), a museum and a complex of caves in which they were discovered , since the second half of the nineteenth century , several finds of the Paleolithic era. The archaeological site is located near the hamlet […]
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