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Total rooms: 12 Floor 2 Location: Genoa Historic center of Genoa// Area 600 m²// 2 floors// 7 reception halls// 3 bathrooms// Buy-to-let property for use as an office, exhibition hall, or event venue Palazzo Ferretto is an old Italian palazzo built between the 16th and 17th centuries in Genoa (Liguria). The palazzo served as the residence of Prince Stefano Onorato Ferretto (1640–1720), a senator who in 1705 became the 138th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and King of Corsica. The richly decorated facade overlooks the small square of the same name, a few meters from the Royal Palace, Piazza De Ferrari and Porto Antico. The apartment, over 600 m², is spread over two levels: a reception floor with high ceilings, French windows, frescoed walls and stucco-decorated ceilings, and a technical floor for staff and equipment storage. The reception floor has seven halls with ceilings 5 to 7 meters high, decorated in the Baroque and Rococo styles. Two of these halls are fully frescoed, while the other reception rooms, with ceilings and walls painted in a mixed fresco and tempera technique, are decorated with precious 18th-century stucco and 24-carat gold leaf. The painted decoration of the noble floor reflects the taste prevalent in Genoa in the 1700s. The fresco "Council of the Gods" is officially attributed by the Directorate of Historical and Artistic Heritage of Liguria (part of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage) to Paolo Girolamo Piola, Gregorio de Ferrari and Lorenzo Maria Costa. The restoration also covered the building's structure. Special attention was paid to the inlaid marble floors, in particular the corridor floor, which dates from the time the palazzo was built. The electrical systems and plumbing have also been updated.
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