Genoa One Day

Our tour begins with the first bank in Europe (XIII-XVI century) - the Palace of San Giorgio. Next, we will visit the Doge’s Palace (XIII-XVI century). Then we move to the central square with graceful fountains - De Ferrari. Next, we will pass a number of interesting buildings and structures: the Gothic Cathedral of San Lorenzo (XII-XIV century) with the Chapel of John the Baptist, here the relics of the saint are stored; the Museum of the Treasury, which has such historically religious fragments as the Chalice of the Holy Grail (I century), which on the day of the last supper (Last Supper) Christ used; the Chalice, on which, after the beheading of King Herod, falls the head of John the Baptist; the relics, where the hair of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ, and the famous symbol of the Khiporna (X century) of the city grew up in the portojek. Garibaldi street is the most beautiful in Genoa (former Via Aurea - Golden Street) made in the XIV century by the architect Galeazzo Alessi, a student of Michelangelo. And, at the end of the tour, we will walk through the narrow medieval streets with a tempting story about the mores of the Genoese aristocracy of that period, the first bank in the world, about the secrets of financial ingenuity and intelligence, about insurance companies and notaries in the role of chroniclers. The first crusaders, which were the Genoese.