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Foce, Genoa — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Foce holds four parish churches and the Monumento al fante, sharing Genoa's VIII Municipio with the former comune of Albaro.
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Where to stay in Foce
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
GenoaItalythe same VIII Municipio with a former comune's villas insteadAlbaro
Albaro shares the council with Foce and San Martino d'Albaro, and its own churches of San Giuliano and Santa Maria del Prato sit three kilometres out from the centre. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Albaro →About Foce
What are the main landmarks in Foce?
Five entries, four of them churches. Santi Pietro e Bernardo alla Foce, Nostra Signora Assunta e Santa Zita, Santa Maria dei Servi and Santi Nazario e Celso account for the parishes, and the Monumento al fante accounts for the rest. Genoa's heavier sights sit elsewhere.
For a quarter of this size, a monument and four dedications are the whole of the record.
What is the history of Foce?
Foce comes down as a list of dedications rather than a chronology, with Santi Pietro e Bernardo alla Foce, Nostra Signora Assunta e Santa Zita, Santa Maria dei Servi and Santi Nazario e Celso the names the record keeps. The Monumento al fante joins them. Administratively the quarter belongs to the VIII Municipio, sharing that council with Albaro and San Martino d'Albaro.
Where is Foce?
Foce is one of the quarters of Genoa's VIII Municipio, sharing that council with the former comune of Albaro and with San Martino d'Albaro.
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What is the best area to stay in Foce?
Albaro: the same VIII Municipio with a former comune's villas instead.
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Updated August 2026