Cultural confessions

With financial assistance from the PN Metro PLUS and Città Medie del Sud 2021-2027, the Municipality of Genova aims to implement the Cultural Confessions project. This initiative focuses on restoring, re-functionalizing, and rebranding the Sant’Agostino complex, one of the city's most significant landmarks, for civic use.

Located in the Molo district, Sant’Agostino connects its 13th-century cultural heritage with the surrounding area, characterized by diverse commercial, cultural, recreational, and tourism-related activities, as well as a multiethnic population. The complex consists of a church and an ex-Augustinian monastery, converted into a museum in the 1990s.

Despite undergoing numerous modifications and changes in use over the centuries, the complex has remained a vital reference point for Genova, both religiously and culturally. Sant’Agostino Church is one of the few Gothic churches in Genova that survived the urban expansion of the 19th century. Its vast interior makes it an ideal space to restore sociocultural functions, driving innovation and growth in the city.

The Municipality of Genova aims to use the funding to restore the structural and functional aspects of the former Sant’Agostino Church while fostering public-private collaboration for space management and re-functionalization. This includes modernizing the museum spaces to create a contemporary experience.

By promoting new urban regeneration practices and leveraging co-creation processes, the administration seeks to position culture as a cross-cutting and strategic force – a true driver for city-making initiatives.