The Sopranis Apartment

The apartment

The archived pages describe the Sopranis apartment as a spacious living room with a practical kitchenette, one comfortable bedroom, and a bathroom — equipped with a telephone, a PC and satellite TV. It was offered on the same bed-and-breakfast basis as the hotel's own rooms and was said to sleep up to six guests.

Unlike the other four apartments, the archived page for Sopranis doesn't give a specific historical account of the building — no named architect, founder, or century is stated, so we haven't invented one. If you have genuine information about Palazzo Sopranis's history, let us know.

Palazzo Sopranis

There is a genuine, documented Palazzo Sopranis in Genoa's historic centre — also recorded as Palazzo Sopranis Peirano — standing between Via dei Giustiniani and Piazza Valoria, a short walk from the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. Built in the 16th century, it's noted by local sources as the only palazzo in the old town free-standing on all four sides, with faded Genoese-school frescoes across its facades — Roman emperors and warriors alternating with putti, allegorical virtues and heraldic arms — put there to celebrate the Sopranis family, one of the merchant dynasties of Genoa's "golden age".

We can't independently confirm this is the same building the archived listing meant by "Palazzo Sopranis" — the archive itself gives no address. The location fits, though: like Palazzo Cicala, it sits only a few steps from Piazza San Lorenzo, similar to the Duomo apartment's own position facing the Cathedral. Treat the connection as plausible rather than confirmed.