Palazzo Centurione Gio. Battista, Renaissance palace in Piazza Fossatello, Genoa, Italy
Palazzo Centurione Gio. Battista is a palace on Piazza Fossatello in Genoa's historic centre. Its 17th-century facade, published in the Rubens edition, carries a cartouche above the portal inscribed "SIC NOS NON NOBIS". Inside, a vaulted staircase with infrascato plaster rises to the second noble floor, whose salons hold frescoes by Domenico Piola, Gregorio De Ferrari, Bartolomeo Guidobono and Giovanni Battista Semino.
Construction of this palace started in 1611 under architects Battista and Pier Filippo Cantone on land belonging to banker Adamo Centurione. The project was built during Genoa's period of peak power as a major trading and financial republic.
The noble-floor salons keep frescoes by Domenico Piola (Bacco e Arianna), Gregorio De Ferrari (Trionfo della Liguria), Bartolomeo Guidobono (Carro di Giunone, Metamorfosi, Venere e Adone) and Giovanni Battista Semino (Le quattro stagioni). The palace was listed in the Rolli of Genoa in 1664, the register of residences designated to host high-ranking guests of the Republic.
The building contains both residential and office spaces today, with direct access from Piazza Fossatello in the central district. Visitors should know that parts of it remain in private use, so entering the interior may be limited or require checking ahead about access conditions.
The vaulted staircase keeps its original "infrascato" plaster, a mottled finish that runs up to the second noble floor. The portal below carries a cartouche reading "SIC NOS NON NOBIS", a motto the Centurione family placed at the entrance.
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