GENOESE GARDENS AND VI LI ..IS. 



Unfortunately, illustra- 

 tions, and even photo- 

 graphs, usually omit the 

 massive roofs of grey 

 slates, which are very 

 effective rising up behind 

 the balustrades. 



The lay-out of the 

 villas gave scope for 

 Italian gardening in 

 direct relation to the 

 design of the house itself. 

 Much of this has dis- 

 appeared, but the effective 

 entrance to the Villa 

 Paradiso and the fine 

 grassway vista leading 

 up to the Villa Cambiaso 

 remain as examples. The 

 exceptional instance of 

 the Andrea Doria Palace 

 in Genoa on the flat 

 below the hill, with its 

 harbour foreground, illus- 

 trates the value of great 

 length well broken and 

 varied by loggias. There 

 is also the Villa Dinego 

 Rosazza, where the hill- 

 side is still used as a 

 garden. Here the house 

 stands moderately ele- 

 vated above the harbour, 

 with its garden rising up 

 behind ; the pointed mass 

 of the green foliaged hill 

 serves as a background 

 to the widespread eleva- 

 tion of the building. In 

 the midst of the greenery 

 is a falling cascade. 

 Lovers of Italia n 

 gardening ideas must not 

 overlook the effectiveness 

 of the cortili in the city. 

 The possibility of 

 devoting practically the 

 whole ground floor to 

 arcaded entrance halls 

 carrying the actual living- 

 rooms over has given rise 

 to some remarkable 

 effects of light and shade, 

 as will be seen in the 



391 .VIEW IN THE COR- 

 TILE OF THE PALAZZO 

 DELL' UNIVERSITA IN 

 GENOA, VIA BALBI. 



Built in 1623 by Bart Bianco as 

 a Jesuit College. 



392. PLAN OF THE 

 PALAZZO DELL' 

 UNIVERSITA. 



