Focacceria Via Lomellini

Via Lomellini

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Once called the Via di S Agnese (St Agnes) because it led to the church of that name which today has been destroyed, this road was chosen by the aristocratic and important Lomelli family as the location for their sumptuous residences. In fact, several noteworthy 16th and 17th century buildings still face onto this road, like the building which today houses the Museo del Risorgimento e Istituto Mazziniano. It is hard to forget that the residences of the Adorno family were built to harmonise with the Chiesa di S.Filippo Neri, as was the house in which Caterina Fieschi, the Patron of Italian Hospitals.

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