Via Cairoli is a street in the historical centre of

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, in North-western

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, named after the 10th Prime Minister of Italy

Benedetto Cairoli Benedetto Cairoli (28 January 1825 – 8 August 1889) was an Italian politician. Biography Cairoli was born at Pavia, Lombardy. From 1848 until the completion of Italian unity in 1870, his whole activity was devoted to the ''Risorgimento'', as ...

(1825-1889). Built in the 18th century as “Strada Nuovissima” (Italian for “the most new street”), it is one of the ''Strade Nuove'' (Italian for "new streets") inscribed in July 2006 in the list of UNESCO

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Genoa: the Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli.Genova: le Strade Nuove e il Sistema dei Palazzi dei Rolli – World Heritage Site

History

Via Cairoli, then known as ''Strada Nuovissima'', was built between 1778 and 1786 by the architect Gregorio Petondi. During the Reinassance period, the nobility of the

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the Lat ...

started a careful town planning to transform the existing medieval city and initiate a sizeable urban expansion to the North. After this expansion, however, the two “Strade Nuove” - the 16th-century Strada Nuova (now

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) and the 17th-century Strada Balbi (now via Balbi) – remained without a comparable thoroughfare connecting them, separated by a number of medieval alleys and squares. In the 18th century, therefore, the city decided to improve the connection between the two monumental streets and give a boost to the westward traffic through the construction of Strada Nuovissima. This required sacrificing some ancient working-class homes and adapting some of the aristocratic palaces, such as the

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, which were located alongside the new street.

Palaces listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Notes

Bibliography

* “Le Strade Nuove”, Genova, SAGEP Editrice, 1986. * Giorgio Doria (1995), ''Nobiltà e investimenti a Genova in Età moderna'', Genova * Gioconda Pomella (2007), ''Guida Completa ai Palazzi dei Rolli Genova'', Genova, De Ferrari Editore() * Mauro Quercioli (2008), ''I Palazzi dei Rolli di Genova'', Roma, Libreria dello Stato () * Fiorella Caraceni Poleggi (2001), Palazzi Antichi e Moderni di Genova raccolti e disegnati da Pietro Paolo Rubens (1652), Genova, Tormena Editore () * Mario Labò (2003), I palazzi di Genova di P.P. Rubens, Genova, Nuova Editrice Genovese

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History

Palaces listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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