Restoration and reorganization of the Historic Garden of the Palazzo Bianco Museum in Via Garibaldi

Palazzo Bianco has a magnificent historic garden, with an eighteenth-century layout that requires numerous interventions to restore its former value, strengthening the original decorative and spatial elements.

In the first half of 2024, an important restoration work began by the Municipality of Genoa supported by UNESCO with the contribution of Friends of Genoa.

In particular, the project developed along four main lines:

A) restauri della fontana e del ninfeo, compresi gli apparati scultorei;

B) restoration of the stone floors including the geometric patterned mosaic (risseu) that surrounds the fountain;

C) reconstitution of the borders, currently decidedly damaged and no longer capable of restoring the spatiality and geometry typical of the Italian garden: the focus will be on both hedges and grassy surfaces, but interventions are also planned in relation to potted plants, climbers and large trees;

D) scenographic lighting of the garden in order to enhance the green element, the fountains and the paths.

Finally, small building interventions are also planned aimed at the general rearrangement of the decoration of the garden including: construction of an iron gate, restoration of walkable metal gratings, dismantling portions of the lighting system no longer in use, masking external bodies of air conditioning machines of offices.

— UNESCO NOTICE, NEW ROADS AND THE PALAZZI DEI ROLLI SYSTEM (UNESCO HERITAGE)

*GENOVESE HISTORICAL CENTRE* DOGE TOURISTIC ENHANCEMENT PROJECT: HOMES OF EUROPEAN GENOESE HOSPITALITY–