Villa Grimaldi Fassio, Historical villa with art museum in Nervi district, Genoa, Italy

Villa Grimaldi Fassio is a 16th-century building in Nervi, eastern Genoa, that became a museum in 1993 for the Frugone Collection. The rooms show 19th- and 20th-century paintings, sculptures and drawings by artists such as Giovanni Boldini, Giovanni Fattori and Joaquín Sorolla. A deconsecrated chapel from the second half of the 18th century stands beside the villa.

A structure was first erected on the site in the 16th century. By the end of the 19th century, the Napoleonic Catasto listed it as a holiday villa of Giuseppe fu Andrea Croce, descendants of the Grimaldi. In 1956 the shipowners Fassio Tomellini bought it and had architect Luigi Carlo Daneri add a new lounge opening onto the park. Genoa purchased villa and park in 1979.

The villa displays works by artists like Mosé Bianchi and Giovanni Boldini, representing different artistic directions of the 19th and 20th centuries. The rooms draw visitors interested in how Italian and international painters approached their subjects during this period.

The building sits in the green Nervi area near the coast, easily accessible by public transportation from central Genoa. The surrounding setting allows time for a walk through the park and along the seafront path afterward.

The rose garden was laid out in 1981 on the initiative of Luigi Viacava, then director of Genoa's Gardens and Forests Service; it was restored and named after him in April 2012. The Premio Genova, an international competition for reflowering roses, has been held there since 1985, judged twice a year in June and September by a permanent jury.