Palazzo Rosso, Genoa

Why go

Palazzo Rosso is a palace on Via Garibaldi, the 'Strada Nuova' of Genoa; the city museums' page says it was built between 1671 and 1677 and that Maria Brignole-Sale, Duchess of Galliera, gave it to the city in 1874. The Comune di Genova runs it as one of the three Musei di Strada Nuova, a single museum route that links Palazzo Rosso, Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Tursi, and presents Palazzo Rosso as a house-museum where the Brignole-Sale family's art collections and historic furnishings remain in frescoed rooms. The museums' page says some rooms and works may not always be on view for organisational, restoration or loan reasons. It also says that during the Rolli Days access is only by booking, on guided visits along a selected route of rooms and works. This record is the palace, not the three-museum group.