Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato
Genoa - 360° QTVR & Flash panoramic photo
June 2008
About this 360° photograph
9 exposure steps, 72 shots, 10.5 mm lens, natural light. 360Precision Absolute Panoramic Head.
About the place
Considered by many the most beautiful church in Genoa, it was originally built in 1520 by the Franciscan monks in a late gothic style, but they didn't finish it. Starting from 1591 the Lomellini Family got involved for more than forty years in completing and enlarging it. The church is a typical example of genoese manneristic-baroque. Inside you can find masterpieces by the following painters and sculptors: Van Dyck, Strozzi, Piola, De Ferrari and Guidobono. Heavily damaged bombing raids over Genoa during the World War II, its restoration is not finished yet.