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D'Albertis Castle ( it, Castello d'Albertis) is a historical residence in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

, north-western

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. It was the home of sea captain

Enrico Alberto d'Albertis Enrico Alberto d'Albertis (23 March 1846 – 3 March 1932) was an Italian navigator, writer, philologist, ethnologist and philanthropist. His cousin Luigi Maria d'Albertis was also an explorer and naturalists. Biography Born at Voltri, now part o ...

, and was donated to the city of Genoa on his death in 1932. It currently houses the Museo delle Culture del Mondo (Museum of World Cultures), inaugurated in 2004.

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D'Albertis designed the castle in the style of an architectural collage with a

Gothic revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

appearance inspired by palaces in Florence and castles of

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. Erected between 1886 and 1892 under the supervision of

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

ist

, the castle is located on the site of a 13th-century fortified area, which had been reinforced in the 16th century. Alberto not only based his design on the city's foundation, he incorporated and preserved the foundations of the bastion and one of the turrets. Inaugurated for the celebrations of 400 years of Columbus' discover of America, it was the first villa-castle built in Genoa. From top of the hill of Monte Galletto (or Montegalletto), one of the hills in the district of Castelletto, the castle dominates Genoa with a view of the

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The museum includes ethnographic and archaeological findings collected by both Enrico and

Luigi Maria d'Albertis Luigi Maria D'Albertis (21 November 1841 – 2 September 1901) was an Italian naturalist and explorer who, in 1875, became the first Italian to chart the Fly River in what is now called Papua New Guinea. He undertook three voyages up this river f ...

during their trips to

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(from

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and

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. There is a large number of weapons from

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and the

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area Chinese

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s and European

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s. There are several exemplars of Canadian and American plains

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, made in buffalo and deer leather and covered by porcupine thorns; also findings belonging to the

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from Honduras are present. It also exhibits models of ships and yachts, nautical instruments, photographs and the volumes of d'Albertis personal library. A separate section dedicated to music (the ''Museo delle Musiche dei Popoli'', "Museum of Peoples' Music") exhibits musical instruments from the whole world.

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