The palazzo Giorgio Spinola is a building located in salita di Santa Caterina at no. 4 in Genoa, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that were declared World Heritage by UNESCO on that date.
History and description It appears in the rollo of 1588 in the name of the heirs of Gio Batta Spinola, while it later passed to Agostino Ayrolo. Situated in the Spinola di Luccoli district, next to the ancient convent of Santa Caterina (founded by the Clarisse in 1228), the palace would appear to predate the first inscription.Gioconda Pomella (2007), Guida Completa ai Palazzi dei Rolli Genova, Genova, De Ferrari Editore
The loggia staircase around the inner courtyard with fountain (now covered in glass cement) leads to a large area towards villetta Dinegro.
Ancora un documento evidente di quanto fosse difficile «fabbrica in costa» via via che si alzavano fabbriche sul lato a monte, come era avvenuto nei palazzi a nord di Strada Nuova opportunamente tracciata in quota.
In 1798 it still belonged to the Ayrolo family, who renovated it, replacing the external marble portal, updating the details of the atrium, adding railings to the windows and decorating the drawing rooms. Here lived the Doge Giovanni Battista Ayroli (1783–85).Proposal for the inscription of Genoa Le Strade Nuove and the System of the Palazzi dei Rolli in the Unesco World Heritage List, Volume I — Dossier, p. 60.
In the 19th century it passed to the Franzoni family, before 1818, and finally to the Tedeschi family. Recent maintenance has restored the square decoration of the façades facing salita di Santa Caterina and salita Di Negro.
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Bibliography Italian sources
Gioconda Pomella (2007), Guida Completa ai Palazzi dei Rolli Genova, Genova, De Ferrari Editore() Touring Club Italiano, Liguria, Guida d’Italia, sesta ed., Milano, 1982. Ennio Poleggi, L'Invenzione dei Rolli. Genova Città di Palazzi, in Edizioni Skira, Milano – 2004 ()
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Palazzo di Giorgio Spinola Palazzo Giorgio Spinola Palazzo Franzone