page_title: Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
section_title: World Heritage Site
hierarchical_section_title: Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli / World Heritage Site
caption_attribution_description: English: Palazzi dei Rolli, Unesco World Heritage, highlighted on a map rendered from OpenStreetMap data Italiano: I Palazzi dei Rolli, patrimonio Unesco, mostrati su una mappa renderizzata da dati OpenStreetMap
context_page_description: Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which includes a number of streets and palaces in the center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy.
  The Strade Nuove are a group of streets built by the Genoese aristocracy during the expansion of the city at a time when the Republic of Genoa was at the height of its financial and seafaring power. These are Via Giuseppe Garibaldi and Via Balbi, later followed by Via Cairoli.
  The Palazzi dei Rolli are a group of palaces - most of which also date from the late 16th and early 17th centuries - which were associated to a particular system of ‘public lodging’ in private residences, whereby notable guests on State visit to the Republic were hosted in one of these palaces on behalf of the State.
  On 13 July 13, 2006, forty-two of the 163 palaces originally included in one the five public list called "Rolli" were selected as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO special committee meeting in Vilnius.
context_section_description: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli became a World Heritage Site in 2006. The criteria for this selection were explained by the UNESCO as follows:
  Criterion (ii): The ensemble of the Strade Nuove and the related palaces exhibit an important interchange of values on the development of architecture and town planning in the 16th and 17th centuries. Through the architectural treatises of the time, these examples were publicized making the Strade Nuove and the late-Renaissance palaces of Genoa a significant landmark in the development of Mannerist and Baroque architecture in Europe.
  Criterion (iv): The Strade Nuove in Genoa are an outstanding example of an urban ensemble consisting of aristocratic palaces of high architectural value, which illustrate the economy and politics of the mercantile city of Genoa at the height of its power in the 16th and 17th centuries. The project proposed a new and innovative spirit that characterized the Siglo de los Genoveses (1563 to 1640). In 1576, the Republic of Genoa established a legally based list of Rolli recognizing the most outstanding palaces for official lodging of distinguished guests.
caption: Map of the Strade Nuove and the Palazzi dei Rolli included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site
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