Palazzo Giacomo Lomellini
The Palazzo Giacomo Lomellini, also known as Palazzo Patrone, stands on Largo Zecca as a testament to Genoa’s Rolli houses and the city’s UNESCO-listed World Heritage diplomacy of hospitality. Built between 1619 and 1623, it was created by Giacomo Lomellini, who served as Doge of Genoa from 1625 to 1627, and it unites two historic building units of the family’s estate. The palace is laid out with a traditional symmetry in plan and elevation, and its courtyard follows a triforium design that once led visitors to a ceremonial entrance and a now-vanished nymphaeum still glimpsed in Rubensiana drawings. Around 1855 the Lomellini family sold the property to the Patrone family, who remained until 1897. …
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