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The Palazzo Lomellini-Doria Lamb', also called Palazzo Stefano Lomellini, is a building located in
Stefano Lomellini's palace was included in the rolls of Genoa from 1588 to 1664; it was, however, only the nucleus of the present building, which was renovated and enlarged by the architect Gregorio Petondi in 1776 for Gian Tommaso Balbi. It was the contemporary tracing of Strada Nuovissima 1778—1786, today's Via Cairoli), by the same Petondi, with an entrance from the salita dei Forni (today's Largo Zecca), through the annexation of two built plots that increased the palace to its present size, obtaining a double view of Via Lomellini and the new street. On this occasion it was provided with a double entrance (via Cairoli 18-via Lomellini 19), as was the adjoining building owned by Marco Lomellini. and its current facades were designed. Thus, the architect chose a scenographic and complex distributive solution, connecting the two atriums and the rooms on the upper floors, «renewing the splendour of that continuous architecture of the staircase that had been invented in
Palazzo di Stefano Lomellini
Sito Palazzi dei Rolli di Genova
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Via Cairoli (Genoa)
Via Cairoli is a street in the historical centre of Genoa, in North-western Italy, named after the 10th Prime Minister of Italy Benedetto Cairoli (1825-1889). Built in the 18th century as “Strada Nuovissima” (Italian for “the most new street ...
at number 18 in the historical centre of Genoa
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, included on 13 July 2006
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in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova, which on that date became World Heritage
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by UNESCO
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History and description
Stefano Lomellini's palace was included in the rolls of Genoa from 1588 to 1664; it was, however, only the nucleus of the present building, which was renovated and enlarged by the architect Gregorio Petondi in 1776 for Gian Tommaso Balbi. It was the contemporary tracing of Strada Nuovissima 1778—1786, today's Via Cairoli), by the same Petondi, with an entrance from the salita dei Forni (today's Largo Zecca), through the annexation of two built plots that increased the palace to its present size, obtaining a double view of Via Lomellini and the new street. On this occasion it was provided with a double entrance (via Cairoli 18-via Lomellini 19), as was the adjoining building owned by Marco Lomellini. and its current facades were designed. Thus, the architect chose a scenographic and complex distributive solution, connecting the two atriums and the rooms on the upper floors, «renewing the splendour of that continuous architecture of the staircase that had been invented 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 ...
in the 16th century, which Bartolomeo Bianco
Bartolomeo Bianco (1590 – 1657) was an Italian architect of the early Baroque.
Born at Como, he was the designer of several palaces in Genoa, where he moved to follow his father, also an architect. His works include the building which is now ...
had multiplied in the palaces of via Balbi».Ennio Poleggi, Paolo Cevini, Le città nella storia d’Italia, Editore Laterza, Roma-Bari 1981, p. 147
The palace, where the loggia of the Lomellini 'hotel' still existed in 1798, is now owned by the Doria Lamba family and houses offices and residences.
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Bibliography
Italian sources
* G. Ciotta (a cura di), Genova Strada Nuovissima : impianto urbano e architetture, Genova 2005 * Catalogo mostra Poleggi 2004. * E. Poleggi (a cura di), L’invenzione dei Rolli. Genovà civiltà di palazzi, catalogo della mostra (Genova, Palazzo Tursi, 28 maggio – 7 settembre 2004), Milano 2004. * E. Poleggi, Genova. Una civiltà di Palazzi, Cinisello Balsamo (Milano) 2002, pp. 171–173 (Palazzo di Gio. Tommaso Balbi (1775-1778)) * C. Altavista, Petondi, Giovanni Angelo Gregorio, ad vocem, in Dizionario Biografico degli italiani, vol. 82/2015.External links
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