Genovesato (Genoese area) - Turismo in Provincia di Genova
Genovesato (Genoese area) - Turismo in Provincia di Genova
Genovesato (Genoese area) - Turismo in Provincia di Genova
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conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the Mitchell Wolfson Jr Art Collection<br />
of figurative and decorative art, architecture and<br />
design from the period between 1880 and1945.<br />
In the eastern section of Nervi there is the Villa<br />
Luxoro (early XXth century), its 8,500 m2 park<br />
slopes down to the rocky shores of Capolungo. Its<br />
rooms host the Civic Museum Giannett<strong>in</strong>o<br />
Luxoro, which exhibits furniture, pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs and<br />
decors from a period spann<strong>in</strong>g the seventeenth<br />
and eighteenth centuries. Comago: Old english<br />
Style. Villa Serra, (www.villaserra.it) at Comago, <strong>in</strong><br />
Val Polcevera, near Sant’Olcese, is an imag<strong>in</strong>ative<br />
creation of the XVIIIth century, remodelled <strong>in</strong> the<br />
neo gothic style <strong>in</strong> the XIXth century. In fact,<br />
alongside the eighteenth century Villa P<strong>in</strong>elli and<br />
me<strong>di</strong>eval tower, Marquis Orso Serra had a Tudor<br />
style cottage built <strong>in</strong> 1850; featur<strong>in</strong>g neo gothic<br />
w<strong>in</strong>dows and precious wood panell<strong>in</strong>g. All set <strong>in</strong><br />
a magnificent English park, extend<strong>in</strong>g over 9<br />
hectares, with avenues towered over by majestic<br />
trees, exotic tree species and flowerbeds with<br />
over 150 <strong>di</strong>fferent varieties of hydrangeas. There<br />
are various founta<strong>in</strong>s scattered here and there,<br />
and a small lake <strong>in</strong>habited by swans. There is<br />
even a charm<strong>in</strong>g hotel and restaurant, that has<br />
opened <strong>in</strong> the crenulated tower.<br />
A balcony over<br />
the Sea<br />
From Bogliasco take the road up to<br />
San Bernardo. From here its path,<br />
partly paved, pass<strong>in</strong>g through heather<br />
and rosemary bushes, leads to Pieve<br />
Alta. Beh<strong>in</strong>d the Church, follow<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
signposts (2 red squares), one climbs<br />
up to Mount Santa Croce (518 m),<br />
crowned by the historical stone church<br />
surrounded by cypresses. A group of<br />
volunteers from Pieve regularly clear<br />
the paths, fields and undergrowth,<br />
where small orchids sprout, <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
protect the environment, and reduce<br />
the risk of large scale forest fires,<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g access to this splen<strong>di</strong>d<br />
balcony overhang<strong>in</strong>g the sea.<br />
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