Quarto

The Castello Coppedè, also known as Villa Coppedè, is an early twentieth-century historic residence standing on the hill behind the small bay of Priaruggia, in the Quarto district on the eastern side of Genoa. It was built in 1902 by the Florentine architect Gino Coppedè as a home for himself and his family during his … Read more

The Monument to the Thousand at Quarto is the large bronze group that, facing the sea in eastern Genoa, commemorates the departure of Garibaldi’s expedition, which set sail from the Scoglio di Quarto on the night of 5 May 1860. The work of the Savona-born sculptor Eugenio Baroni (1880–1935) and inaugurated on 5 May 1915, … Read more