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32-437: The palace was initially built by Antoniotto Cattaneo, a member of the old Genoese nobility, who completed the construction of the building in 1594 . The residence then became the property of Francesco De Ferrari, who with his wife Delia Giustiniani, between 1604 and 1611, probably entrusting the work to the architect Ceresola known as Andrea Vannone, renovated it and united it with another of his adjoining residences, thus giving

64-488: A general renovation of the building from the architect Giovanni Battista Pellegrini (architect): the façade towards the piazza, marked by a mixed quadrature, with an architectural order of classicist taste and mirrored frescoes, and the staircase, are the work of the architects Giovanni Battista Pellegrini and Bartolomeo Bernasconi, who in 1785 directed the renovation of the building for the Cambiaso family. In 1815 , it

96-572: A still late Mannerist taste, interspersed with full-length portraits of condottieri. The cycle dedicated to Cleopatra continues on the monumental staircase, where The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra . At the end of the staircase, an entrance vestibule leads to the monumental hall facing the balcony overlooking Piazza dell’Annunziata, entirely covered with frescoes dedicated by Tavarone to the Imprese di Cristoforo Colombo Christopher Columbus 's exploits. The characters and events depicted are taken from

128-533: Is now the main university premises, was designed by the architect Bartolomeo Bianco , and began to be used in 1640. After the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773, a special committee reorganized the various courses of study, dividing them in higher education (Canon Law, Philosophy, Civil Law, Theology, Logic and Metaphysics, Physics) and primary education (courses in Rhetoric, Reading and Writing). After

160-591: Is the complex of Albergo dei Poveri (piazza Emanuele Brignole). The university's botanical garden , the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova , occupies one hectare in the city center, just above the university's main building. University of Genoa also has a number of regional campuses in Savona , Imperia , Ventimiglia and La Spezia . In particular, Near Ventimiglia, the University of Genoa operates

192-538: The Hanbury Botanical Garden , a Protected Area and candidate for UNESCO World Heritage status within the "Mediterranean Alps" project. In the 13th century in Genoa there were already Colleges which conferred degrees in law , theology , medicine and arts . The College of Theology was established officially in 1471 with a papal bull of Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere). Some years after dates

224-553: The Historie della vita e dei fatti di Cristoforo Colombo Historie della vita e dei fatti di Cristoforo Colombo by Fernando Colombo , second son of the famous navigator, published in Venice in 1571. The narration of the vicissitudes of the navigator from Genoa, of humble origins, who went on to accomplish the heroic feats that made him immortal, alludes to the story of the commissioner, Francesco De Ferrari, who had gained noble rank with

256-535: The 1st and 4th Floors respectively; and Sportello Unico Studenti di Scienze Sociali (formerly Segreteria Studenti di Scienze Sociali (Social Sciences Student Secretariat), at no. 9R in Piazza della Nunziata (corner of Via delle Fontane). The main floor of the palace, containing the most valuable elements, is periodically open for visits by the public as part of the Rolly Days event. 1594 1594 ( MDXCIV )

288-490: The Genoese banker Enrico, then to his son Eugenio and finally to his grandson Enrico Luigi, the last heir of the dynasty, who died without offspring in 1991 — who gradually transformed the palace into office space. The complete lack of maintenance led to a rapid deterioration of the entire building in the 20th century. Added to this was the serious damage done to the fresco cycles, the art collections contained therein, and

320-548: The New World», when the sovereign of Spain embraces the Genoese navigator who has returned triumphant from the enterprise. The twelve lunettes on the walls contain as many episodes from the navigator's life, each accompanied by putti with explanatory cartouches. The walls are frescoed with Trompe-l'œil perspective illusions, which pretend to be landscapes of the Riviera, fake architecture and some characters, probably including

352-989: The Royal Naval School and the Royal School of Economic Studies, that in 1936, were absorbed by the Royal University of Genoa, becoming the Faculties of Engineering and Economics respectively. In the late 20th century, the university expanded rapidly, with new regional campuses. In 1996, some departments were established in Savona within a remodeled Army Barrack area. That campus hosts the Department of Engineering and also courses in Business. New laboratories have been made in Simulation, Logistics & Industrial Engineering, among others. As of

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384-509: The University of Genoa has high-ranking positions among the European universities in multiple computer science fields: In the academic year 21/22, the university has a student population around 39,766. Of these, 33,920 are students entrolled in bachelor's and master's degree courses; 3,328 are students enrolled in doctorate, master's or specialisation school courses. Finally, 2,518 are students enrolled in other courses. The number of freshmen

416-454: The academic year 2012-2013, the university is headed by a rector and it was divided into 5 schools, comprising a total of 23 departments (one of which is inter-school): The University of Genoa shares a branch campus of Florida International University in Miami, Florida , United States , in Genoa. The two universities mutually host students of either university's School of Architecture. In

448-474: The artist himself and his patron, while above the architraves there are Native American Indians and putti holding the two family coats of arms (De Ferrari and De Ferrari Giustiniani), in which Tavarone shows off his expertise in the representation of nudes. A few years after 1611, the palace passed into the hands of the Chiavari family. After 1768 it passed to the Cambiaso family who, from 1780, commissioned

480-412: The building its present architectural and volumetric consistency. In the first decade of the 17th century , the family commissioned Lazzaro Tavarone (Genoa 1556–1641), a pupil of Luca Cambiaso , to decorate the palace with a vast pictorial cycle with a historical-celebratory theme, which would be deployed on the walls and vault (architecture) of the vestibule, the grand staircase and various rooms on

512-594: The establishment of the French Empire , which absorbed the Republic of Genoa, higher education was subdivided into different special schools: Law, Medicine, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Commerce, Language and Literature, Chemistry. The University of Genoa was affiliated to the Imperial University of Paris . It was reinstated as a separate university in 1812. [1] After the fall of Napoleon,

544-417: The ground floor where there are also some commercial activities. The building currently houses the following offices Servizio Apprendimento Permanente (formerly Perform, Centre for Lifelong Learning), located on the 2nd Floor (main floor) and for the administrative part on the 1st Floor; Servizio Interventi Straordinari and Servizio Progettazione e Sviluppo Edilizio (Planning and Building Development Service), on

576-676: The latter of which is still present today. After the death in 1991 of Enrico Luigi, the last heir of the Belimbau dynasty, the elderly widow, Mrs. Rossana Iannoni, who remained the sole heir to the family's universal patrimony, donated the palace to the University of Genoa , with the clause that the university, by accepting the donation, would not be able to alienate the ownership of the building until her death, which occurred in September 2007. The university therefore began restoration work on

608-461: The leges novae of 1575, later marrying Delia Giustiniani (Genoese family), belonging to one of the oldest noble families, which is instead alluded to in the story of Cleopatra. In accordance with the custom of 16th-century pictorial decoration, here too the decoration has its main focus in a vast panel covering the centre of the vault, depicting the most salient episode, « Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon receive Columbus on his return from

640-408: The main local institutions involved, as part of a larger renovation project of the buildings owned by the university for a total investment of approximately 110 million euros, which included the restoration of Palazzo Belimbau, agreed on the need to move to Palazzo Belimbau, after renovation of the interior spaces to be used for this purpose, of part of the administrative offices that had been located in

672-632: The nearby Palazzo Cristoforo Spinola and Palazzo Filippo Lomellini, in which the university was still a tenant (in the former of the two buildings it still is). Since the hoped-for renovation did not take place for a number of reasons, including the absence of the necessary substantial funds, the relocation of these offices was no longer realised. Nell’agosto 2016 il governo ha stanziato un contributo di 1,4 milioni di euro per la ristrutturazione degli spazi interni del palazzo. The building, with an internal surface area of approximately 3,300 m (36,000 sq ft), houses only university offices, except for

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704-653: The palace itself, by the Allied bombings of October 1943, which also severely damaged the neighbouring Palazzo Nicolò Lomellini and the right aisle of the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata. In the second half of the 20th century, the building was the seat of the French consulate, then housed the offices for the university's student welfare work, and finally the nascent Centre for Lifelong Learning (PerForm),

736-510: The piano nobile. The frescoes decorating the entrance vestibule, which gives access to the monumental staircase, are dedicated to the life of Cleopatra . In the centre of the vault, the main panel depicts the queen of Egypt sailing in the waters of the Cnidus river, on the grandiose ship with a golden stern and silver oars, as narrated by Plutarch in his Vieces . All around it within painted mock architectures are fanciful grotesque decorations of

768-731: The promulgation of a Statute of the College of Medicine by the Council of the Elders in 1481. In 1569, by a decree of the Senate of Republic of Genoa , the Colleges were incorporated into the schools run by the Jesuits . The Jesuits settled near the old Church of San Girolamo Del Rosso, and enlarged their premises by buying some land on which to house their College and schools. The building, which

800-604: The provisional Government of the Republic appointed a new Committee in charge of higher education, and at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it was decided that the University of Genoa be entrusted to the Kingdom of Sardinia , enjoying the same privileges as those granted to the University of Turin . The university was closed owing to political disturbances between 1821 and 1823 and again between 1830 and 1835. In 1870, two first technical institutes of higher education were established:

832-606: The ranking of Italian universities, the University of Genoa is ranked 13th by ARWU, 18th by QS, and 18th by THE. The university is ranked 151–200 in Engineering - Civil and Structural in the QS World University Subject Rankings. Times Higher Education gave the university a rank of 150+ in the Law category in its 2020 list of subjects. According to Microsoft Academic Search 2016 rankings,

864-401: The roof and façade, completed in 2004. In September 2007, with the death of the widow Belimbau, and the consequent loss of the university's restriction preventing the sale of the donated property, the university considered the possibility of selling it to cover the 15 million euro budget hole that had emerged in the meantime, which was later cleared without resorting to this solution. In 2009,

896-675: Was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. University of Genoa The University of Genoa , known also with the acronym UniGe ( Italian : Università di Genova ), is a public research university . It is one of the largest universities in Italy and it is located in the city of Genoa , on the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region of northwestern Italy. The original university

928-686: Was 6,293 and the number of graduating students was 5,257. In 2021, there were 1,307 professors and scientific employees and 1,228 non-scientific employees working for University of Genoa. Since its foundation, the University of Genoa has awarded 46 gold medals to Italian students and 2 gold medals to international students, namely the Israeli student Khor Hoksari in 1993 and the Albanian student Agasi Bledar in 2021. Since 1992, it has awarded 140 honorary degrees and 1 honorary doctorate. The most recent honorary titles granted are: The University of Genoa has

960-625: Was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar  and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar , the 1594th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 594th year of the 2nd millennium , the 94th year of the 16th century , and the 5th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1594, the Gregorian calendar

992-501: Was founded in 1481. The University of Genoa is organized in several independent campuses located in different city areas: Of great historical and artistic interest are the buildings in Via Balbi and in particular: the main university premises (via Balbi, 5) designed by the architect Bartolomeo Bianco and built in 1640, Palazzo Balbi Cattaneo (via Balbi, 2), and Palazzo Balbi Senarega (via Balbi, 4). Also of major historical interest

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1024-541: Was the residence of Pope Pius VII , a prisoner of Napoleon Bonaparte who was passing through Genoa , as recalled by an inscription on the entrance portal on the piano nobile. After 1824, with the marriage of Marina Chiavari and Giovanni Battista Negrotto Cambiaso, the palace became the property of the Negrotto Cambiaso family. In 1890, the palace passed to the Cohen Belimbau family — first to

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