Palazzi dei Rolli
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The Palazzi dei Rolli is a group of palaces in Genoa
, northern Italy
.
On July 13, 2006 forty-two of eighty subscribers to 'Palazzi dei Rolli' or rolls' palaces were entered by the special committee UNESCO
meeting in Vilnius
(Lithuania
) between the members. About 10 million euro was spent on their restoration in the 1990s with the use of public and private capital.
On January 20, 2007 a plaque was placed by UNESCO at the beginning of Via Garibaldi on the grounds that it inserts the description of Palazzi dei Rolli within the world heritage listing:
, of public lodging palaces and mansions of eminent Genoese families, which aspired to host - from a public lottery - the persons in transit for visits of state.
In later times the same homes have hosted the distinguished visitors which included the Ligurian capital in their Grand Tour
cultural and / or tourist itinery.
The Rolli represent a set or un unicum of the most prestigious palaces of Genoa
especially along the oldest roads of the Nuove Strade (Via Garibaldi with its commune, in those days termed Via Aurea, and via Balbi, home of the university town).
, which through his constitutional reform introduced oligarchic rule and the subsequent insertion into the Genoese sovereignty of Spain.
The thoroughness with which Rolli were designed and completed only a few decades after the great urban restructuring decided by Doria
- concentrated particularly between 1536 and 1553 between the fourteenth century strong Genoese walls - is still clear and documented evidence of Genoa during its "Golden Century". What was a city of shipowners, merchants and bankers in a position to give the Republic a role in maritime absolute dominance over the political and commercial Mediterranean Sea
, was also an important crossroads for princes and kings, diplomats and ecclesiastical authority.
Still preserved in Genoa, the rolls of palaces were divided into compass points (Bussolotti) according to which the buildings were classified according to their prestige: the first was established in 1576, and later in 1588, 1599, 1614 and 1664. It is also cataloged all of the approximately one hundred and fifty homes that were mandatory (precettabili) for hosting notable people, in most cases these buildings still exist, as are the same people who led and still lead critics to look at Genoa at the time as a republican palace, a true contradiction in terms, from which emerge horizons of housing history and urban history, rather than one architecture
.
The homes included in the Rolli are divided into three categories according to size, beauty and importance and were used according to these criteria to accommodate cardinals, princes and viceroys, feudal lords, ambassadors and governors. To each category of guest a Compass point (Bussolo) corresponded to the names of owners who competed by lot to support [charge] and honor (oneri ed onori) the official visits.
Only three of the buildings could accommodate the highest dignitaries and were the homes of Gio Batta Doria
, on the climb to (Salita) Santa Caterina, of Nicolò Grimaldi and of Franco Lercari in the current Via Garibaldi, then called "Via Aurea".
Provisions of the Rolli stated that these homes were reserved for "Pope, Emperor, King and tied Cardinals or other Principi".
Stendhal
writes almost three hundred years after, when the Rolli had fallen into disuse:
If the famous writer does not hide his anger at the lack of hospitality on the part of certain patrician Genoese, is also to be noted that the awareness of having a wealth of art and architecture of absolute value was such as to induce the most powerful and influential inhabitants of Genoa at the time to organize a census
of the housing, not just to define clearly the limits of each property, but also to better arrange for an appropriate use.
.
Given the time required for a restoration of the building, the inauguration of the facility is scheduled for the tenth anniversary of his death that occurred in 2009 .
Inside the home, located in the centre of Genoa, will be a café and / or a restaurant, an auditorium, public rooms (classrooms and information) devoted to the study of the Genoese school of singer-songwriters, the top floor of the residence could be a meeting place between guests.
FAI
is in the process of completing the rehabilitation and restoration of Villa Saluzzo Bombrini, in the Albaro quarter, known as Il Paradiso and inhabited in his youth by De André.
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
On July 13, 2006 forty-two of eighty subscribers to 'Palazzi dei Rolli' or rolls' palaces were entered by the special committee UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
meeting in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
(Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
) between the members. About 10 million euro was spent on their restoration in the 1990s with the use of public and private capital.
On January 20, 2007 a plaque was placed by UNESCO at the beginning of Via Garibaldi on the grounds that it inserts the description of Palazzi dei Rolli within the world heritage listing:
Rolli di Genova
The Rolli di Genova - or, more precisely, Rolli degli alloggiamenti pubblici di Genova - formed an official list at the time of the Republic of GenoaRepublic of Genoa
The Most Serene Republic of Genoa |Ligurian]]: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean....
, of public lodging palaces and mansions of eminent Genoese families, which aspired to host - from a public lottery - the persons in transit for visits of state.
In later times the same homes have hosted the distinguished visitors which included the Ligurian capital in their Grand Tour
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage...
cultural and / or tourist itinery.
The Rolli represent a set or un unicum of the most prestigious palaces of Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
especially along the oldest roads of the Nuove Strade (Via Garibaldi with its commune, in those days termed Via Aurea, and via Balbi, home of the university town).
History
The rolli or rolls were created in 1576, open to the aristocratic Senate refounded by Prince (and Admiral) Andrea DoriaDoria
Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
, which through his constitutional reform introduced oligarchic rule and the subsequent insertion into the Genoese sovereignty of Spain.
The thoroughness with which Rolli were designed and completed only a few decades after the great urban restructuring decided by Doria
Doria
Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
- concentrated particularly between 1536 and 1553 between the fourteenth century strong Genoese walls - is still clear and documented evidence of Genoa during its "Golden Century". What was a city of shipowners, merchants and bankers in a position to give the Republic a role in maritime absolute dominance over the political and commercial Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
, was also an important crossroads for princes and kings, diplomats and ecclesiastical authority.
Still preserved in Genoa, the rolls of palaces were divided into compass points (Bussolotti) according to which the buildings were classified according to their prestige: the first was established in 1576, and later in 1588, 1599, 1614 and 1664. It is also cataloged all of the approximately one hundred and fifty homes that were mandatory (precettabili) for hosting notable people, in most cases these buildings still exist, as are the same people who led and still lead critics to look at Genoa at the time as a republican palace, a true contradiction in terms, from which emerge horizons of housing history and urban history, rather than one architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
.
The homes included in the Rolli are divided into three categories according to size, beauty and importance and were used according to these criteria to accommodate cardinals, princes and viceroys, feudal lords, ambassadors and governors. To each category of guest a Compass point (Bussolo) corresponded to the names of owners who competed by lot to support [charge] and honor (oneri ed onori) the official visits.
Only three of the buildings could accommodate the highest dignitaries and were the homes of Gio Batta Doria
Doria
Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
, on the climb to (Salita) Santa Caterina, of Nicolò Grimaldi and of Franco Lercari in the current Via Garibaldi, then called "Via Aurea".
Provisions of the Rolli stated that these homes were reserved for "Pope, Emperor, King and tied Cardinals or other Principi".
Stendhal
Stendhal
Marie-Henri Beyle , better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir and La Chartreuse de Parme...
writes almost three hundred years after, when the Rolli had fallen into disuse:
If the famous writer does not hide his anger at the lack of hospitality on the part of certain patrician Genoese, is also to be noted that the awareness of having a wealth of art and architecture of absolute value was such as to induce the most powerful and influential inhabitants of Genoa at the time to organize a census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of the housing, not just to define clearly the limits of each property, but also to better arrange for an appropriate use.
Palazzo Grillo seat of the Foundation De André
One of the Rolli palaces - Palazzo Grillo in Piazza delle Vigne , the property - was intended to seat the Foundation named after the songwriter from Genoa, Fabrizio De AndréFabrizio De André
Fabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism, and pacifism, he also was a convicted atheist , and his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church...
.
Given the time required for a restoration of the building, the inauguration of the facility is scheduled for the tenth anniversary of his death that occurred in 2009 .
Inside the home, located in the centre of Genoa, will be a café and / or a restaurant, an auditorium, public rooms (classrooms and information) devoted to the study of the Genoese school of singer-songwriters, the top floor of the residence could be a meeting place between guests.
FAI
Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano
The Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano is the National Trust of Italy.The organisation was established in 1975 on the model of the British National Trust. It is a private non-profit organisation and has 60,000 members as of early 2005...
is in the process of completing the rehabilitation and restoration of Villa Saluzzo Bombrini, in the Albaro quarter, known as Il Paradiso and inhabited in his youth by De André.
The Palaces
These are the following forty-two buildings of the Rolli included among shared human heritage according to UNESCO :| No. | Original Owner | Location | Location Link |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Doria | off Lanfranco 1 | House of Doria-Spinola | |
| 2 | Clement Della Rovere | Oak Square 1 | House of Clemente Della Rovere | |
| 3 | Giorgio Spinola | slope S. Caterina 4 | House of Giorgio Spinola | |
| 4 | Tomaso Spinola | slope S. Catherine 3 | House of Tommaso Spinola | |
| 5 | Giacomo Spinola | Piazza Fontane Marose 6 | House of Giacomo Spinola | |
| 6 | Augustine Ayrolo | Piazza Fontane Marose 3-4 | House of Negrone | |
| 7 | Paolo e Nicolò Interiano | Piazza Fontane Marose 2 | Palazzo Paolo Battista e Niccolò Interiano | |
| 8 | Agostino Pallavicini | Via Garibaldi 1 | House of Pallavicini-Cambiaso | |
| 9 | Pantaleo Spinola | Via Garibaldi 2 | House of Pantaleo Spinola | |
| 10 | Franco Lercari | Via Garibaldi 3 | House of Lercari-Parodi | |
| 11 | Tobia Pallavicini | Via Garibaldi 4 | House of Carrega-Cataldi | |
| 12 | Angelo Giovanni Spinola | via Garibaldi 5 | House of Angelo Giovanni Spinola | |
| 13 | Gio Battista Spinola | Via Garibaldi 6 | House of Gio Battista Spinola | |
| 14 | Nicolosio Lomellini | Via Garibaldi 7 | House of Podestà | |
| 15 | Lazzaro and Giacomo Spinola | Via Garibaldi 8-10 | House of Cattaneo-Adorno | |
| 16 | Nicolò Grimaldi | Via Garibaldi 9 | House of Doria-Tursi | |
| 17 | Baldassarre Lomellini | via Garibaldi 12 | House of Baldassarre Lomellini/Domenico Serra | |
| 18 | Luca Grimaldi | Via Garibaldi 11 | Palazzo Bianco | |
| 19 | Rodolfo and Francesco Brignole Sale | via Garibaldi 18 | Palazzo Rosso (Genoa) Palazzo Rosso (Genoa) Palazzo Rosso is an historical palace of Genoa, northern Italy.Situated in Via Garibaldi, it is one of the most important picture galleries of the city, along with the galleries of Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Doria Tursi.... |
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| 20 | Gerolamo Grimaldi | slope S. Francis 4 | House of Gerolamo Grimaldi | |
| 21 | Gio Carlo Brignole | Meridian Square 2 | House of Gio Carlo Brignole | |
| 22 | Bartholomew Lomellini | off Mint 4 | House of Bartolomeo Lomellini | |
| 23 | Stefano Lomellini | Via Cairoli 18 | House of Lomellini-Doria Lamba | |
| 24 | Giacomo Lomellini and Cattaneo De Marini | largo Zecca 2 | House of Giacomo Lomellini and House of Marini-Spinola | |
| 25 | Antoniotto Cattaneo | Piazza della Nunziata 2 | House of Belimbau | |
| 26 | G. Agostino Balbi | via Balbi 1 | House of Gio Agostino Balbi | |
| 27 | Gio Francesco Balbi | via Balbi 2 | House of Gio Francesco Balbi | |
| 28 | Giocomo and Pantaleo Balbi | Via Balbi 4 | House of Balbi-Senarega | |
| 29 | Francesco Balbi Piovera | via Balbi 6 | House of Francesco Maria Balbi Piovera | |
| 30 | Stefano Balbi | via Balbi 10 | Royal Palace of Genoa Royal Palace ** Palace of Nakhchivan Khans, Nakhchivan* Belgium: Royal Palace of Brussels* Brazil** Paço Imperial** Paço de São Cristóvão** Summer Palace* Bulgaria: Royal Palace, today housing the National Art Gallery* Cambodia: Royal Palace of Cambodia* China... |
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| 31 | Cosma Centurione | via Lomellini 8 | House of Cosma Centurione | |
| 32 | Giorgio Centurione | via Lomellini 5 | House of Georgio Centurione | |
| 33 | Gio Battista Centurione | via del Campo 1 | Gio Battista House of Centurione | |
| 34 | Cipriano Pallavicini | Fossatello square 2 | House of Cipriano Pallavicini | |
| 35 | Nicolò Spinola | via S. Luke 14 | Palace of Nicolò Spinola | |
| 36 | Francesco Grimaldi | Fur Square 1 | House of Spinola di Pellicceria | |
| 37 | Gio Battista Grimaldi | vico S. Luke 4 | House of Gio Battista Grimaldi | |
| 38 | Gio Battista Grimaldi | Piazza S. Luke 2 | House of Gio Battista Grimaldi | |
| 39 | Stefano De Mari | via S. Luke 5 | House of Stefano De Mari | |
| 40 | Ambrose De Nigro | via S. Luke 2 | House of Ambrogio Di Negro | |
| 41 | Emanuele Filiberto Di Negro | via al Ponte Reale 2 | House of Emanuele Filiberto Di Negro | |
| 42 | Croce De Marini | Piazza De Marini 1 | House of Marini-Croce |
External links
- http://www.rolliestradenuove.it/ Official website of the Rolli and Nuove Strade of Genoa - World Heritage Site
- http://www.irolli.it/ Rolli of Genoa
- http://www.fondazionecarige.it/rivista/2001/2-2001/art2.asp Insight
- http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/fdg/200607132031249551/200607132031249551.html Process of inclusion among World Heritage Sites
- The reasons for granting UNESCO status