Palazzo Bianco - White Palace - one of the main buildings in the historic center of Genoa. It is located on Via Garibaldi, 11, formerly known as the Strada Nuova ("New Road"). Inside the Palazzo runs Art Gallery - one of the best in the city, and the palace itself, together with the adjacent Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Doria Tours is part of the so-called "museum cluster", which occupies the end of Via Garibaldi.

Luxurious palace building was built between 1530 and 1540 years for Luke Grimaldi, a member of one of the most powerful families of Genoa. In 1658, the Palazzo passed into the possession of the family de Francs, and in 1711 Federico De Franchi, the heir to a noble family, gave it to Maria Durazzo Brignole-Sale, his main creditor. The new owners have spent the years 1714-1716 in the large-scale reconstruction of the palace and rebuild it according to the fashion of the time. That's when it got its name - White Palace - the color of the facade decorations. Other restoration of the building took place after the Second World War.

In 1889, Maria Brignole-Sale, Duchess of Galliera, the last member of an influential family, bequeathed to the people of Genoa's Palazzo thereby predetermining its transformation into a public gallery. In this collection for future gallery began to gather before the event - the first exhibits were acquired in 1887.

Today, in the gallery of the Palazzo Bianco, you can see the works of European artists of the 12-17 centuries, especially creations of artists from Genoa, Flanders, France and Spain. Art ages 13-16 are paintings Barnaba da Modena, Ludovico Brea and Luca Cambiaso. A special place in the collection of the gallery is occupied by Paolo Veronese and Filippino Lippi. Dutch and Flemish painters Rubens presented the ages of 16-18 ("Venus and Mars") and Van Dyke ("Vertummo and Pomona"). From Spanish artists were chosen Zurbarán, Murillo, and the Ribeira. Finally, in the gallery you can also see sculptures and frescoes, collected in various museums of Europe.