Palazzo Bianco
Palazzo Bianco, literally the White Palace, stands at the Strada Nuova end of Genoa’s historic core, a cornerstone of the Strada Nuova Museums formed by the adjacent Palazzi dei Rolli. Built between 1530 and 1540 by Luca Grimaldi, it earned its “White” nickname from the light-colored exterior decoration after a early-18th-century restoration, and it entered municipal hands in 1899 to become a public gallery. The palace is one of Genoa’s major Rolli palaces and, together with Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Doria Tursi, anchors the gallery cluster at the Genoa end of Via Garibaldi. The collection began to take shape in 1884, when Maria Brignole Sale, the Duchess of Galliera, bequeathed the palace for use as a public space and to expand its holdings. …
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