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VIA DI RAVECCA: in the heart of the medieval city, in one of the oldest streets of Genoa we sell a CHARMING apartment completely renovated and furnished. There is direct access to the living area characterized by EXPOSED BEAMS and windows that include the original ANCIENT MULLIONED windows. The space has been wisely exploited to make it extremely livable and equipped with every comfort. This area also includes the cleverly furnished kitchenette with its own window. Before the bath, a space has been created to store coats. A staircase leads to the sleeping area. The building is PROTECTED BY THE FINE ARTS having been built in 1300 and this makes it unique in its kind. Ideal as an investment for B&Bs. Historical notes: Ravecca was one of the districts that, together with that of Sarzano, constituted the "companion" of Castello, the oldest nucleus of the city. It is a particularly popular part of the Genoese caruggi, included in the defensive walls built in 850 to defend against the raids of Saracen pirates, which included the areas of Borgo Saccherio (Broglio), Porta Soprana (Sant'Andrea), Canneto, Banchi and the hill of Maccagnana including the basilica of S. Lorenzo, at the time not yet a cathedral. In the thirteenth century the families of the Embriaci and Fieschi had houses and properties there. In the late Middle Ages it was still inhabited by relatively wealthy classes; later, starting from the fifteenth century, emigration from the countryside was concentrated in this part of the city where the building density had progressively thickened, with a consequent increase in the working classes. The route of Via Ravecca divides this popular urban fabric into various sub-areas, with buildings that often date back to the late Middle Ages (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries). Along the street, modern buildings built after the destruction of the war alternate with medieval houses. In the facades of the oldest buildings there are some of the traditional votive shrines present throughout the center.