Façade of Palazzo della Meridiana (16th century) in the old town of Genoa, Unesco World Heritage Site, Liguria, Italy

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The Meridiana Palace was built between 1536 and 1544 by the Genoese banker Gerolamo Grimaldi Oliva, enriched in Portugal and Spain where he managed the collection of taxes in Cordoba and Granada. The southern facade was added at the end of the eighteenth century with the opening of Strada Nuovissima, now Via Cairoli, with an avant-corps surmounted by a terrace and a sundial painted on the facade, to which we owe the current name of Palazzo della Meridiana (Palace of Sundial).

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Size: 4272px × 2848px
Location: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Photo credit: © Simona Abbondio / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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