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Given its maritime history Genoa has a collection of historic buildings close to the Old Port. The Commenda reflects the commitment to provide a place of sustenance to ancient travelers. No wonder so much wealth settled here
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Date of experience: October 2019
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As English tourists almost nothing here is translated. The whole space is very barren. Though the building itself and its history are very interesting, there is nothing to see here.
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Date of experience: September 2019
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Dates back about 800 years old and close to the railway station. Right beside the anchor church on the right. Worth a stop off.
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Date of experience: September 2019
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A place of welcome for pilgrims and sick with the original architectural structure of 1180. In the ground floor - where pilgrims were welcomed leaving for and returning from the Holy Land - you can see the reconstruction of three beds where the pilgrims were sleeping. Climb the stairs and reach the first floor ventilated by a portico and facing south to be warmer. It was intended for the hospitalization of the sick. In medieval Europe these constituted important health innovations deriving from Arab culture. Do not forget to see the rooms of the medieval kitchens that served about 100 meals a day and the reconstruction of a medieval garden called "The Garden of the simple ones".…
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Date of experience: August 2018
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A great example of romanic building. Inside there' a museum and I was thinking about it...; but a member of the staff said that it was not possible look around - and i had to PAY! ... goodbye tourism.
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Date of experience: March 2015
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