Palazzo Doria Tursi

Palazzo Doria Tursi is a three-story palace built with pink stone from Finale, gray-black slate, and white Carrara marble arranged in geometric patterns. Two gardens frame the central structure, creating a balanced composition that shows how Renaissance builders combined different materials for visual effect.

Banker Niccolò Grimaldi commissioned the palace in 1565, with architects Domenico and Giovanni Ponzello designing the structure. The building later passed to Giovanni Andrea Doria in 1597, who gave it the name it still carries today.

The palace exhibits the Guarneri del Gesu violin from 1743, belonging to virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, alongside collections of ancient coins, ceramics, and historical artifacts.

The museum is accessed through Via Giuseppe Garibaldi and is part of a connected complex with two other palaces forming the Musei di Strada Nuova. Visitors can explore the collections at their own pace and may ask staff members for orientation through the different exhibition areas.

The building houses the famous violin of Niccolò Paganini, which the composer left to the conservatory and has been displayed here for more than a century and a half. This instrument carries stories of virtuosity and remains one of the most remarkable objects visitors encounter in these rooms.

Location: Genoa

Architects: Domenico Ponsello, Giovanni Ponzello

Official opening: 1565

Architectural style: mannerism

Part of: Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli

Address: Via Garibaldi, 9

Phone: +390102476351

Email: museidistradanuova@comune.genova.it

Website: https://rolliestradenuove.it/rollo/16-palazzo-di-niccolo-grimaldi

GPS coordinates: 44.41133,8.93281

Latest update: December 6, 2025 16:04