GENOESE GARDENS AND VILLAS. 
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396. — RESTORED VIEW OF THE PALACE OF ANDREA DORIA ON THE QUAYS AT GENOA, BEFORE 
THE GARDENS WERE REDUCED AT FRONT AND BACK. 
From Gauthier. 
of the palace, is the sole remainder of this garden. It was visited and described by John Evelyn 
in 1644. The plan and elevation given (Figs. 395 and 396) are from Gauthier’s book on the 
Palaces of Genoa brought out in iSiS, and show the original scheme. At the present day 
the outlook in the front is over railway lines instead of the waters of the harbour. At the 
back the old palace villa is overshadowed by vast hotels built upon the hillsides above. The 
long, low front of the villa is effectively broken by advanced arcades of three and four bays 
long (Fig. 397). The strength of pier and elegance of column are thus employed to vary the 
great length of the fa9ade. The w'all surfaces of the buildings are rough-cast, which to-day 
combines well with the fretted surface of the marble features. The great loggia on the first 
397. — VIEW ON THE TERR.tCE LOOKING THROUGH THE^RETURN ARCADES ON THE HARBOUR 
FRONT OF THE ANDREA DORIA PALACE. 
