GENOESE GARDENS AND VILLAS. 



representing the return face of the loggia, and seven windows forming a centre up to its 

 repeat at the far end. It will be seen, therefore, that this facade is of considerable extent. 

 The rising entrance-way described is set out at right angles to the end bay of this main 

 front. The house, unfortunately, cannot be visited, but the loggia, from the illustration 

 (Fig. 409), will be seen to be interestingly decorated. The house has three storeys and a 

 half-basement ; the back and one end are very plain, but preserve the same distribution as 

 the two important sides. The gardens have disappeared. The terrace space in front 

 of the arcaded end 

 faade has a built - up 

 bastion with seats, 

 below which is a steep 

 drop to the present 

 rough ground of the 

 old garden ; there is 

 a sloping way down to 



this lower 

 villa was 



level. 



The 



in the 



possession of the 

 Princes of Podenas. 

 The architect was 

 Vannone, and the date 

 is 1600. The dressings 

 are of marble with 

 plastered walls, and the 

 frescoes were by 

 Andrea Ansoldo da 

 Voltri, Bernardo 

 Castello and Lazza 

 Tavarone. The plans 

 are given in Fig. 403. 



The Palazzo Impe- 

 riali, also at St. Fran- 

 cesco d'Albaro, retains 

 some of the original 

 lay-out (Fig. 411), as 

 will be seen by the 

 illustration (Fig. 412), 

 which shows a balus- 

 trade d terrace with 

 double stairway 

 approach and a charac- 

 teristic grotto under- 

 neath. The house has 

 end loggias, well related 

 to the central group of 

 fresco decorations. 



The Palazzo delle Peschiere (Pallavicini) seems now quite in the centre of the town, which 

 has absorbed and surrounded it with modern buildings and new street levels. It may be 

 easily missed, therefore, lying at the back on the slopes of the Zerbino and approached only 

 by side streets. It was laid out by Galeazzo Alessi in 1560-72, and was once a splendid 

 example of a Genoese villa, with its terraces, grottoes and gardens (Fig. 414). The type of the 

 house is that of the Farnesina at Rome, but without, of course, the delicacy of treatment which 

 distinguishes that gem of the early Renaissance. The wings, which are somewhat wide for 

 the centre, are emphasised by blank arcades filled in with fresco figures, which seem thus to be 



406. VIEW IN THE UPPER LOGGIA, VILLA CAMBIASO. 



From Palast Architeciur. 



three windows. The large flat wall surfaces show the remains of 



