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Design and construction. Architect (s) Friar Oliverio. The Palazzo San Giorgio or Palace of St. George (also known as the Palazzo delle Compere di San Giorgio) is one of the most important and well-known historic buildings in Genoa. It currently houses the headquarters of the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea.
The design and construction of the building was entrusted to Benedictine friar Oliverio, who had directed the works for the construction of the ancient dock – the Molo Vecchio – a few years earlier.
1256. The popular uprising brought Guglielmo Boccanegra – Captain of the People – to power and the following year he entrusted Friar Oliverio, a Cistercian monk, with the task of planning and supervising the construction of the Palace, which was named Palacium Comunis Janue de Ripa.
AT FIRST GLANCE. Sala del Capitano del Popolo is dedicated to Guglielmo Boccanegra, Captain of the People, who entrusted Friar Oliverio with the construction of Palazzo San Giorgio in 1260. Before the 20 th -century restoration, Sala del Capitano was divided into three separate spaces. It is the result of a reinterpretation of the entire volume ...
Friar Olivares explored the terrain for sites of future missions and recommended that the government authorize a location for a new religious outpost, one that would prevent French intrusion. Visitors line up in front of The Alamo. Photo by Scott Ball. Credit: Scott Ball / San Antonio Report.
Mar 30, 2024 · The architect Friar Oliverio, a Cistercian monk, was commissioned to build it. After two years, the palace was abandoned as a municipal seat and became a prison for almost a hundred years.
The Loggia of Palazzo San Giorgio, Home of the Bank of St. George (est. 1407), one of the most powerful and oldest chartered banks in Europe, this historical building incorporates a section of the original Medieval structure, built in 1260 by order of People’s Capitain Guglielmo Boccanegra and designed by the famous Cistercian monk, Friar ...
