Genoa - Cathedral of San Lorenzo

From Piazza Matteotti the busy Via San Lorenzo runs northwest to the harbor. Immediately on the right is the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, originally a Romanesque pillared basilica (1100-1160), remodeled in Gothic style in 1307-12 and crowned with a Renaissance dome by Galeazzo Alessi in 1557. It contains fine pictures and sculpture. In the north aisle is the large Cappella San Giovanni Battista (1450-65), the earliest example of Renaissance architecture in Genoa. Under the cathedral lies the Treasury.