D'Albertis Castle
D'Albertis Castle, or Castello d'Albertis, is a historic house in Genoa, northern Italy. It was the home of sea captain Enrico Alberto d'Albertis and was donated to the city in 1932 after his death. Today it houses the Museo delle Culture del Mondo (Museum of World Cultures), which opened in 2004.
The castle was designed by Alfredo D'Andrade in Gothic Revival style as a collage of different influences, inspired by palaces in Florence and castles from the Aosta Valley. It was built between 1886 and 1893 on the site of a 13th‑century fortification, and the builders kept the bastion and one turret from the old structure. Perched on Monte Galletto, it overlooks Genoa and the Ligurian Sea.
The museum’s collections come from the travels of Enrico and Luigi d'Albertis and include ethnographic and archaeological items from Africa, the Americas (from Canada to Tierra del Fuego), and Oceania. There are weapons from Sudan and the Zambezi region, items from Maya civilization in Honduras, ship models, nautical instruments, and the d'Albertis library. A separate section, the Museum of Peoples' Music, displays musical instruments from around the world.
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