Palazzo Gio Battista Centurione
Palazzo Gio Battista Centurione stands as a quintessential Rolli palace, one of 42 in Genoa designated to host high-ranking visitors during the Republic’s state visits. Construction began in 1611 on the former Adriane Centurione properties, with Battista Cantone and then his son Filippo Cantone directing the design and reconciling the old plots at public expense. The building entered Genoa’s rolli lists in 1664 and stayed in the Centurione family into the 18th century, before passing to the Saluzzo-Brignole and later the Cambiaso families; in 2004 it came under the ownership of a shipping company. The façade preserves its 17th‑century character, and the portal bears the cartouche SIC NOS NON NOBIS. …
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