Santa Maria di Castello
Museo e Chiesa S. Maria di Castello - Genova
Salita S.Maria di Castello, 15
16123 Genova (GE)
Tel 010 2549511
Fax 010 25495244
Open: Every Day 9:00-12:00; 15:30-18:30.
Entry Free
In the oldest part of Genoa, where the city's first walls of the VII-V century B.C. have been found and where the church Santa Maria di Castello was build in 658 we can find this fresco of the annunciation made back in 1451 by Giusto D'Alemagna from Ravensburg (aka Justus von Ravensburg) in the convent of the Domenican Order. The same year of Genoa gave birth to Christopher Columbus,
A free guide will explain you the details of this vast treasure accumulated in the museum.
The Church is opposite to the Tower of the Embriaci, erected by the Guglielmo Embriaco who participated in the first Crusade and landed at Jaffa in June 1099
Take a Tour of Santa Maria di Castello
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