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Albaro | |
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 Villa Saluzzo Bombrini, called "Il Paradiso" ("the Heaven"), one of the most renowned villas of Albaro | |
  Albaro Location in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 44°23′57″N 8°57′39″E / 44.39917°N 8.96083°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Province | Province of Genoa |
| Comune | Genoa |
| Population | |
| • Total | 28,465 |
| Area code | 010 |
Albaro is an affluent residential neighbourhood of the Italian city of Genoa, located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the city centre. It was formerly an independent comune, named San Francesco d'Albaro, included in the city of Genoa in 1873. At present, together with the neighbourhoods of Foce and San Martino d'Albaro is part of the Genoa's city VIII Municipio (Medio Levante).
From the 16th to the 19th century Albaro was a renowned holiday resort for the Genoese upper class, who lived in the city and during summer used to move to their villas in Albaro. Nowadays it is a wealthy residential neighborhood, where during the last century next to the historic villas apartment buildings have been built, most of them with broad exclusive green spaces.[1]
For few months, from September 1822 to July 1823, the romantic poet Lord Byron lived here. The English writer Charles Dickens spent in Albaro the summer of 1844, and here he wrote the short novel The Chimes.
A well known hamlet of Albaro is Boccadasse, a fishermen's village at the eastern side of Corso Italia.
- ^ "Case e ville, svizzeri e russi danno "la caccia" ad Albaro e centro". GenovaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2021.