The Palazzo Baldassarre Lomellini, also known as Palazzo di Cristoforo Spinola or Palazzo Campanella, is a historic building located at Via Garibaldi, 12 in Genoa, Italy. Originally built in the 16th century for Baldassarre Lomellini, a banker to King Philip II of Spain, the building underwent renovations in the 1770s under the neoclassical style by Emanuele Andrea Tagliafichi and Charles De Wailly. The most famous work from these renovations was the ‘Salone del Sole,’ a grand hall adorned with frescoes and designed to imitate the Palace of Versailles.
Unfortunately, the Salone del Sole was damaged by bombing in 1944, and the original decorations were never rebuilt. Today, the first floor of the Palazzo is open to the public, where visitors can admire the frescoes by Andrea Semino depicting stories from Titus Livius, and Giovan Battista Castello il Bergamasco's frescoes depicting Storie di Enea e Didone on the second floor. The Palazzo Baldassarre Lomellini serves as a reminder of Genoa’s past opulence and ambition.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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