Castello Türcke

Castello Türcke is a historic villa in Genoa, built in 1903 to designs by the Florentine architect Gino Coppedè. It was commissioned by the Swiss engineer Giovanni Türcke, whose heirs sold the estate to W. Homberger after his death. Homberger significantly expanded the property in the 1920s, enlarging the surrounding garden in the process. Architecturally, the building resembles a real castle, a style Coppedè had previously tried out at Villa Mackenzie in Genoa. This distinctive design was later taken up in several of the architect's other projects and still shapes the look of this remarkable sight in the Ligurian capital.