Piazza Caricamento
The famous piazza in the historic downtown of Genoa that arises on the Porto Antico (Ancient Port) with its palaces still keeps its ancient atmosphere at all.
At the right side of the piazza there is Palazzo San Giorgio (St George's Palace) that, thanks to its imposing beauty, has represented the centre of the maritime and commercial activities of the city for a long time and, nowadays it's the seat of the port authority.
Around this port authority there's the Sottoripa's area, one of the most astonishing one withits porches, but the most interesting place is the street that goes from Piazza Caricamento to Piazza Raibetta, defined the Genoan casbah.
As if that wasn't enouhg, here, the orientalizing aspect is the link of the multiethnic cultures of Genoa where you can notice various colours, races and every kind of cultures. |