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GENOESE GARDENS AND VILLAS.
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representing the return face of the loggia, and seven windows forming a centre up to its
repeat at the far end. It will be seen, therefore, that this facade is of considerable extent.
The rising entrance-way described is set out at right angles to the end bay of this main
front. The house, unfortunately, cannot be visited, but the loggia, from the illustration
(Fig. 409), will be seen to be interestingly decorated. The house has three storeys and a
half-basement; the back and one end are very plain, but preserve the same distribution as
the two important sides. The gardens have disappeared. The terrace space in front
of the arcaded end
facade has a built - up
bastion with seats,
below which is a steep
drop to the present
rough ground of the
old garden; there is
a sloping way down to
this lower level. The
villa was in the
possession of the
Princes of Podenas.
The architect was
Vannone, and the date
is 1600. The dressings
are of marble with
plastered walls, and the
frescoes were by
Andrea Ansoldo da
Voltri, Bernardo
Castello and L a z z a
Tavarone. The plans
are given in Fig. 403.
The Palazzo Impe-
rial!, also at St. Fran-
cesco d’Albaro, retains
some of the original
lay-out (Fig. 411), as
will be seen by the
illustration (Fig. 412),
which shows a balus-
trade d terrace with
double stairway
approach and a charac-
teristic grotto under-
neath. The house has
end loggias, well related
to the central group of
fresco decorations.
406.—VIEW IN THE UPPER LOGGIA, VILLA CAMBIASO.
From Palast Arohitectur.
three windows. The large flat wall surfaces show the remains of
The Palazzo delle Peschiere (Pallavicini) seems now quite in the centre of the town, which
has absorbed and surrounded it with modern buildings and new street levels. It may be
easily missed, therefore, lying at the back on the slopes of the Zerbino and approached only
by side streets. It was laid out by Galeazzo Alessi in 1560-72, and was once a splendid
example of a Genoese villa, with its terraces, grottoes and gardens (Fig. 414)- The type of the
house is that of the Farnesina at Rome, but without, of course, the delicacy of treatment which
distinguishes that gem of the early Renaissance. The wings, which are somewhat wide for
the centre, are emphasised by blank arcades filled in with fresco figures, which seem thus to be
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representing the return face of the loggia, and seven windows forming a centre up to its
repeat at the far end. It will be seen, therefore, that this facade is of considerable extent.
The rising entrance-way described is set out at right angles to the end bay of this main
front. The house, unfortunately, cannot be visited, but the loggia, from the illustration
(Fig. 409), will be seen to be interestingly decorated. The house has three storeys and a
half-basement; the back and one end are very plain, but preserve the same distribution as
the two important sides. The gardens have disappeared. The terrace space in front
of the arcaded end
facade has a built - up
bastion with seats,
below which is a steep
drop to the present
rough ground of the
old garden; there is
a sloping way down to
this lower level. The
villa was in the
possession of the
Princes of Podenas.
The architect was
Vannone, and the date
is 1600. The dressings
are of marble with
plastered walls, and the
frescoes were by
Andrea Ansoldo da
Voltri, Bernardo
Castello and L a z z a
Tavarone. The plans
are given in Fig. 403.
The Palazzo Impe-
rial!, also at St. Fran-
cesco d’Albaro, retains
some of the original
lay-out (Fig. 411), as
will be seen by the
illustration (Fig. 412),
which shows a balus-
trade d terrace with
double stairway
approach and a charac-
teristic grotto under-
neath. The house has
end loggias, well related
to the central group of
fresco decorations.
406.—VIEW IN THE UPPER LOGGIA, VILLA CAMBIASO.
From Palast Arohitectur.
three windows. The large flat wall surfaces show the remains of
The Palazzo delle Peschiere (Pallavicini) seems now quite in the centre of the town, which
has absorbed and surrounded it with modern buildings and new street levels. It may be
easily missed, therefore, lying at the back on the slopes of the Zerbino and approached only
by side streets. It was laid out by Galeazzo Alessi in 1560-72, and was once a splendid
example of a Genoese villa, with its terraces, grottoes and gardens (Fig. 414)- The type of the
house is that of the Farnesina at Rome, but without, of course, the delicacy of treatment which
distinguishes that gem of the early Renaissance. The wings, which are somewhat wide for
the centre, are emphasised by blank arcades filled in with fresco figures, which seem thus to be