Albaro is a residential neighbourhood of Genoa

Genoa

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, Italy

Italy

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, which covers a wide area on a hill east of the city centre, once the old comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

 of San Francesco d'Albaro, included in the city of Genoa in 1873.

The boundaries of the neighbourhood are the promenade of Corso Italia, Via Nizza and Via Pozzo on the west side, Corso Gastaldi and Corso Europa on the north side, Via Orsini and via Cavallotti on the east side.

During the 19th century it was a renowned holiday resort for the Genoese upper class, who lived in the city and during summer used to move to their villas in Albaro.

Palaces and villas

Of the historical houses of Albaro, the most famous are:

• Villa Brignole Sale
• Villa Cambiaso, built by architect Galeazzo Alessi
  Galeazzo Alessi
  Galeazzo Alessi was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture. He studied drawing for civil and military architecture under the direction of Giovanni Battista Caporali.For a number of years he lived in Genoa...
  
   around 1548
• Villa Bagnarello, where Charles Dickens
  Charles Dickens
  Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
  
   lived between 1843 and 1844
• Villa Saluzzo Bombrini
• Villa Saluzzo Mongiardino, where Lord Byron
  George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
  George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...
  
   lived between 1822 and 1823