Belvedere (Genoa)

View from Belvedere over the Polcevera valley to the Coronata district, which is about the same height, and the mountains of the Apennines in the hinterland of Genoa.

Belvedere is a district of Genoa (II Centro Ovest) in the west of the city and a mountain hill with a former fortification to the north of Sampierdarena . The extended city wall of the old port city of Genoa was built here on the ridge above the Polcevera River to the north.

The quarter had 8,627 inhabitants in 2013.

The metro line in Genoa from the Rivarolo-Brin station a little north of the district in the Polcevera Valley via Dinegro and to Principe station crosses under the ridge without stopping.

Picture gallery

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  Belvedere hill (collina di Belvedere) with the remains of the old fort above the port in Genoa .

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  Mountain in center above the tunnel at the entrance (A7) to Polcevera Viaduct .

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  Location of the fort above the mouth of the Polcevera Valley into the Mediterranean. In the background the lighthouse Torre della Lanterna in Genoa, visible from afar .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistic Notes of the Comune di Genova, n. 3-2014, December 2014

Web links

Commons : Residential district and Fort Belvedere in Genoa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 44 ° 25 '  N , 8 ° 54'  E