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The '''parks of [[Genoa]]''' are for the most part green areas comprising the gardens of aristocratic [[villa|villas]] and some adjoining open land.

The largest park of the town is the system of the Parks of the Forts, while the most famous and renowned are the Parks of [[Nervi]], bordered by the [[Anita Garibaldi]] promenade. In the city centre, in addition to the hanging gardens of  historic palaces, the Parks of Piazza Corvetto and Groppallo Park are the most attended (the latter is open to the public only on particular occasions).

==Parks of the forts==
A natural complex formed by the continuity of two parks adjoining the urban walls and the hill area of the defence forts nearly encircles the city. It is one of the widest urban natural areas of [[Italy]], encompassing 611.69 hectares.
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| Urban park of the walls || Centre-Hills || Genoa's largest urban park, at 87.600 m<sup>2</sup>; it is contained between the historic walls and the forts that rise on the city hills.

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| Urban park of Peralto || Centre-Hills || Urban park adjoining the Righi viewpoint and towered by Forte Sperone.
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==Parks of Nervi==
The parks of [[Nervi]] are best known for the botanic complex of the city adjoining the Anita Garibaldi [[promenade]], formed by the joining of the gardens of different historic villas, and include:

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| Villa Groppallo || East (Nervi) || [[Country house]] of [[marquis]] Gaetano Gropallo, now houses Nervi's Library, surrounded by a 36.215 m<sup>2</sup> park.

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| [[Villa Saluzzo Serra]] || East ([[Nervi]]) || A 17th–century villa, now houses the [[Villa Saluzzo Serra|Gallery of Modern Arts]], surrounded by a 23.415 m<sup>2</sup> park.

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| [[Villa Grimaldi Fassio]] || East ([[Nervi]]) || The villa now houses the [[Villa Grimaldi Fassio|"Raccolte Frugone" Museum]]; the park slopes towards the sea along the promenade named after [[Anita Garibaldi]].

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| Villa Luxoro || East ([[Nervi]]) || The 20th-century villa now houses Giannettino Luxoro Museum; the 8.500 m<sup>2</sup> park slopes up to the Capolungo cliff.
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==Parks of the city's north and centre==
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| Piazza Corvetto Parks || Center|| A green area formed by two adjoining parks, among which stands the central square. These parks at large are the most attended of the city center, the so-called "Sunday Park". The Parks of Piazza Corvetto are:
* The Acquasola Park: designed in 1821 by the architect [[Carlo Barabino]] upon the area of a medieval bastion connected to the 16th-century Walls (2.5 hectares).
* Villetta Dinegro: the 2-hectare park rises in the full city center: built in the 18th-century upon the San Giovanni bastion (16th-century), it is the setting of [[Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art|the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art]], built on the site of the former [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] villa of the marquis Gian Carlo Di Negro (19th-century).

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| Groppallo Park || Center|| Together with the Piazza Corvetto Park, this is one of the  main parks of the city center (open to the public only on specific occasions).

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| Giardini Reali || Center || Overlooking the [[Old Harbor]] dock, located around the [[baroque]] [[Palazzo Reale]], in Via Balbi.

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| Palazzo del Principe Garden || Center|| The Italian garden of [[Andrea Doria]]'s palace with the characteristic [[Neptune (mythology)|Neptune]] Fountain, it is divided into four big flowerbeds and comprises Mediterranean, Middle-Eastern, and American plants and herbs. 
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| [[Palazzo Bianco]] and Palazzo Doria Tursi Gardens || Center || Italian hanging gardens, set between two of the most famous [[Palazzi dei Rolli]] of [[Via Garibaldi (Genoa)|Strada Nuova]].
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| Nicolosio Lomellino Gardens ||Center|| In Via Garibaldi, the garden has hanging terraces and a nymphaeum with water games.

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| Villa Imperiale Scassi || Center|| Villa with a 16th-century park in [[Sampierdarena]]. It still conserves part of the magnificent gardens for which it was nicknamed "La Bellezza" (The Beauty).

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| Fiumara Park || Center|| It adjoins the big pedestrian street in the central district of Sampierdarena.

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| Villa Croce || Center|| A park situated upon the Carignano Hill, overlooking the mount [[ringroad]]. Inside is situated the 19th-century villa, donated by Andrea Croce to Genoa Municipality. It houses the Contemporary Art Museum.

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| Villa Gruber De Mari || Center|| An almost 13.500&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> park in [[Castelletto (Genoa)|Castelletto]] district overlooking the sea ringroad and characterized by a [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] villa. It includes the tower of the original building, dating back to the 16th century.

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| Castello d'Albertis Park || Center|| The park surrounds the 19th-century [[neogothic]] castle. From the hills of the Montegalletto 16th-century bastion, overhanging the sea, it is possible to enjoy a complete panorama of the [[Gulf of Genoa]]. The complex accommodates the Museum of the Cultures of the World and it is situated in the Castelletto district.

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| Villa Saluzzo Bombrini Park || Center || This park of almost an hectare surrounds the 19th-century villa housing the [[Music school|Conservatory]] named after [[Niccolò Paganini]], in the central [[Albaro]] district.

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| Villa Imperiale (Cattaneo Terralba) || Center (San Fruttuoso) || A 16th-century-style park surrounds the 15th-century villa of the aristocrat Lorenzo Cristoforo Cattaneo, in the San Fruttuoso district. In 1502, it hosted king [[Louis XII of France]]; the complex was then passed to the Salvago family, then to the Imperiale of Sant'Angelo, and finally became property of Genoa Municipality.

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| Wood of the Minor Friars || Hills || In the wooded hills of low Valbisagno, in San Fruttuoso district, it is near the religious complex of the "Madonna del Monte" sanctuary.

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| Prato Casarile || Center|| In the northern district of Molassana, the park rises on a lake basin.
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==Parks of the city's west==
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| Villa Brignole Sale Duchessa di Galliera || City Centre || In the district of Voltri, the 25-hectare park includes the "Palazzo Brignole Sale" (14th-century origins, widened in the 18th and 19th century) and the Madonna delle Grazie sanctuary (160 metres at sea level) with the [[Duchess]] of Galliera family vaults.

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| Punta Martin urban Park || Hills || Urban park situated behind [[Pegli]] district.

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| Villa Doria || City Centre || Situated in [[Pegli]]. It is a 115.000 m<sup>2</sup> park which surrounds the 16th-century villa of the [[banker]] Centurione, [[Andrea Doria]]'s father-in-law; it was inhabited by the prince Gian Andrea Doria and by his descendants.

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| Mount Pennello urban Park || Hills || Urban park situated behind [[Pegli]] district.

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| [[Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini]] || City Centre || In [[Pegli]]. Residential building and historic park in which is based the Museum of Ligurian archeology and the botanical gardens created in 1794 and belonging to [[Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi|Clelia Durazzo Pallavicini]]. The path inside the park, realized (in the 1840s) by [[Michele Canzio]] ([[stage designer]] of the [[Teatro Carlo Felice]] and brother of the patriot Stefano Canzio) for the marquis Ignazio Alessandro Pallavicini, is a sort of [[theatrical]] itinerary, articulated into a series of sceneries conceived as a [[Theater (structure)#Basic elements of a theater structure|backstage]]. In spring, it is possible to watch the spectacular blossom of the "Viale delle Camelie" (the boulevard of camellias).

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| Mount Gazzo urban Park || Hills || Urban park situated behind [[Sestri Ponente]] district.

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| Villa Rossi Martini || City Centre || In the Sestri Ponente park (40.425 m<sup>2</sup>), which joins the 17th-century villa of the Genoese family of the Lomellini; the vegetation is rich with various [[Wikt:exotic#Adjective|exotic]] and [[Mediterranean]] species. It is also a site for summer theatrical shows.

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| Urban Park of the valley of Rio San Pietro || Valleys || An urban park situated in a little valley in Cornigliano district, recently opened on the occasion of the renovation of the district.
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==Parks of the city's east==
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| Villa Gambaro || Center|| Albaro district.
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| Villa Carrara || Center || Adjoins the Gaslini [[pediatric]] hospital.
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| Villa Quartara || Center || [[Quarto]] district.
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| [[Monte Fasce]] and [[Monte Moro]] urban parks || Hills || Situated behind the city in the extreme east.
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==Regional parks==
* Natural Park of Mount Antola
* Natural Park of Mount Aveto
* Natural Park of Mount Beigua
* Natural Park of Bric Tana
* Natural Park of [[Porto Venere]]
* Natural Park of Montemarcello&nbsp;– Magra
* Natural Park of Piana Crixia

==National parks==
* Natural Park of [[Portofino]]

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