Italy Guide
Liguria
The Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola
The excellent Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, located beside Piazza Pelliceria Opening time: Tues– Sat 8.30am–7.30pm, Sun 1.30–7.30pmPrice: €4, joint ticket with Palazzo Reale €6.50 
www.palazzospinola.it ) was once the grand residence of the Spinola family. Exhibits include portraits by Van Dyck of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as men of books, an intensely mournful Ecce Homo by the Sicilian master Antonello da Messina and the splendid Adoration of the Magi by Joos van Cleve, sawn into planks when stolen from the church of San Donato in the 1970s. Don't miss the little terrace, way up on the spine of the roof and shaded with orange and lemon trees.