Chiesa di San Giorgio (Church of St. George), Genoa

The church of San Giorgio is a religious building in the historic center of Genoa, located in Saint George Square. The church of Saint George, founded a very long time ago - could boast for centuries about the privilege of guarding the national flag and celebrating the rites of civilians; the rest of the cult of the saint (the first patron of the city) was introduced very early in Genoa. The octagonal building, with round dome and curved facade, was rebuilt in the mid-nineteenth century and decorated in Neoclassical style; the tower is situated on a nearby house.

Inside there are three paintings of Luca Cambiaso illustrating the "Martyrdom of Saint George" (second half of 1500s). You can also see a "Christ and Santa Caterina Fieschi" by Domenico Guidobono and "San Gaetano Thiene it receives from the Virgin and Child" by Domenico Piola (respectively the first and third altar on the right) and a "Pieta" by A. Sanchez Coello (XVI).