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LA
CHIESA
DI
SAN
SIRO
The
Church
of
San
Siro
was
rebuilt
in
1580
by
the
Theatine
Fathers
on
the
site
of
the
old
basilica
dedicated
to
the
Apostles.
The
original
church
dated
to
the
sixth
century
and
was
rebuilt
in
the
Romanesque
style
by
the
Benedictines
who
established
themselves
on
the
site
around
the
Year
One
Thousand.
Numerous
noble
Genoese
families
took
part
in
the
church's
Baroque
reconstruction:
they
raised
altars
and
entrusted
the
decoration
of
the
works
to
the
most
important
artists
of
the
day.
The
Pallavicino
family
was
prominent
among
these
nobles,
in
particular
Agostino
(1577-1649)
and
his
son
Ansaldo
(1622-1660).
They
chose
San
Siro
to
be
their
Church
and
in
fact
obtained
the
right
to
place
the
Pallavicino
coat
of
arms
in
the
central
nave,
in
this
way
standing
out
from
-
and
above
all
the
other
aristocratic
families.
Agostino
who
was
the
Doge
or
Chief
Magistrate
of
Genoa
in
1637
wanted
to
be
buried
in
San
Siro.
We
owe
the
monumental
decoration
of
the
internal
part
of
the
facade
to
him.
On
his
part,
Ansaldo
commissioned
extensive
decorative
works
comprising
three
frescoes
for
the
central
nave
which
were
carried
out
by
Giovanni
Battista
Carlone
with
scenes
of
the
Life
of
Saint
Peter.
We
also
owe
the
ordering
of
the
inside
of
the
facade
to
him.
The
seventeenth-century
Genoese
aristocracy
alternated
the
artistic
commissions
for
the
decoration
of
their
palaces
with
those
for
places
of
worship.
The
Church
of
San
Siro
is
a
clear
example
of
this.
Not
far
from
this
building
we
find
Palazzo
Spinola
di
Pellicceria
which
in
1650
became
the
residence
of
Ansaldo
Pallavicino.
Today
it
houses
the
National
Gallery
and
from
among
the
works
which
have
always
remained
where
they
were
originally
'exhibited',
it
is
also
possible
to
admire
the
three
small
sketched
preparatory
works
that
Carlone
proposed
to
Ansaldo
Pallavicino
before
painting
the
frescoes
on
the
vault
of
this
Church.
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