DESCRIPTION
The property is a prestigious building located in the center of Genoa along the wide straight stretch of Via Assarotti. Built around 1860, it took on its current name of Palazzo Celesia in 1870 when it was purchased by Domenico Celesia, a Genoese nobleman and prominent figure in Genoese political life.
Until 2014, it was the headquarters of the Genoa Education Authority.
It is located in the center of Genoa, near the central Piazza Corvetto, and is connected to the main public transport links.
The building is a single structure, with three floors above the ground floor and mezzanine, and has a square layout with light wells and intermediate terraces.
The roof is flat and there are four technical rooms: one is the access to the roof, one is the elevator shaft, and the other two contain the water tanks.
Access is Via Assarotti, through a three-bay vaulted portico, which leads to the courtyard, once open-air, now covered with a skylight. From the courtyard, you can access both the building and the rooms located in the side wings on the ground floor, which have independent access.
The total surface area of the property is 3,343.71 square meters, divided as follows:
- Ground floor and basement: 736.58 square meters (including 181.14 square meters of portico)
- Mezzanine floor: 127.95 square meters
- First floor: 647.87 square meters
- Second floor: 674.16 square meters (of which 121.10 square meters is terrace)
- Third floor: 573.83 square meters (of which 104.4 square meters is terraces)
- Roof: 583.32 square meters (of which 520.48 square meters is terrace).
In particular, the covered area is 2,416.59 sq m. The building has a reception hall on the ground floor – measuring approximately 89 sq m – with frescoes by Nicolò Barabino (Galileo before the Inquisition Tribunal; Pier Capponi tearing up the Capitoli before Charles VIII and the Sicilian Vespers), two rooms with frescoed ceilings on the first floor and a meeting room with wood paneling on the walls.
The property overlooks Via Assarotti, an important two-way street in the center of Genoa (Piazza Corvetto). The main use of the area is residential, with a significant presence of service industries (professional offices).
The city center (Piazza De Ferrari, Via Roma, Via XX Settembre) can be reached in a few minutes on foot. public transport stops, which connect to all areas of the city, are located less than 20 meters from the building's entrance.
The Genoa Brignole railway station is also a 10-minute walk away. The second central station, Porta Principe, can be reached in about 5 minutes by car or 15 minutes on foot.
As for parking spaces, there are four spaces available in the portico; another six spaces can be created in the area surrounding the building on the west side.
Internally, the building has a layout generated by the position of the load-bearing walls and the stairwell, which is repeated on all four levels. There are two stairwells: the main staircase is located in the northern part of the building and has three flights, with a large central void where the elevator has been installed; the secondary staircase is located on the opposite side of the building and is almost spiral in shape.
The main stairwell leads to a large blind distribution corridor on each floor, connecting the various parts of each level.
The bathrooms are located on either side of the central stairwell on all levels, except for the ground floor.
