Palazzo Doria-Tursi stands on Via Giuseppe Garibaldi in the historic center of Genoa. It was begun in 1565 for Niccolò Grimaldi, known as "il Monarca," who was the main banker to Philip II of Spain. The architects were Domenico and Giovanni Ponzello, pupils of Galeazzo Alessi.
It is the largest palazzo on its street and the only one built on three lots. Its façade is the longest on the street, and it uses pink Finale stone, gray-black slate and white Carrara marble. Giovanni Andrea Doria bought it in 1597 for his son Carlo, Duke of Tursi.
It became the city hall of Genoa in 1848. It now belongs to the Strada Nuova Museums and to the UNESCO site of the Palazzi dei Rolli.
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