Palazzo Giorgio Centurione in the Rolli di Genova

Palazzo Giorgio Centurione, located in Via Lomellini at no. 5 in the historical centre of Genoa, is included on the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova, which became World Heritage by UNESCO on 13 July 2006. The palace, built at the end of the 16th century on the commission of Giorgio Centurione by Gaspare Corte, is currently joined to two other buildings behind it by a bridge over the closed vico del Leone.

Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli, who was sanctified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, started out in the building in Via Lomellini as a caregiver for poor girls. She later founded the congregation of nuns under the protection of Emanuele Brignole, founder of the Grande Albergo dei Poveri, which took the name «brignoline».

The palace was later acquired by the Doria family in the 18th century. It was partially reconstructed in the 19th century, including the atrium and stairwell. The façade features a painted decoration with cornices framing the windows and a Doric marble portal housing an Enthroned Madonna and Child.

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