This house in Genoa (Via Lomellini, 11) belonged in part to Giacomo Mazzini, physician and father of Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini.
"In 1794 Giuseppe Mazzini’s parents – Giacomo, his father, and Maria Drago, his mother – moved on the first floor of the building, in a small apartment which saw the birth of their four children: Maria Rosa (1797), Maria Antonia (1800), Giuseppe (1805), Francesca (1808). In 1809 the family moved to a new home in “Salita dei Forni pubblici”. In 1875, the small apartment where Giuseppe Mazzini was born was purchased by “Circolo Giuseppe Mazzini” and “Confederazione Operaia Genovese” to set up a memorial, which in 1881 was then donated to the City Council. In 1925, the whole building was declared a national monument. During World War II the building suffered serious damage due to bombings (1943); after the war the Institute resumed its activities, albeit only those relating to conservation and research, while the Museum was restored only in 1982, with the exception of some temporary exhibitions. The current exhibition layout was totally renewed in 2005 to celebrate the bicentenary of Giuseppe Mazzini’s birth, with the support of “Compagnia di San Paolo”1.
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