Municipal property, and located in the parks of Nervi, it has been the seat of the Genoa's Gallery of Modern Art (GAM) since 1928.

[1] Among the illustrious personalities who visited or stayed in the villa are the daughter Luisa Maria Amalia of King Ferdinand IV of the Two Sicilies, Frederick William III of Prussia, Queen Maria Cristina of Spain and the French historian Jules Michelet.

The gallery, where extemporaneous themed exhibitions are also organized, houses more than two thousand and seven hundred sculptures, paintings, engravings and drawings.

Initially constituted by the collection of works of art of Prince Oddone Eugenio Maria of Savoy.

The gallery displays works by Nicolò Barabino, Ernesto Rayper, Tammar Luxoro, Giacomo Delcroix, Pompeo Mariani, Cesare Viazzi, Alfredo D’Andrade, Vincenzo Cabianca, Plinio Nomellini, Rubaldo Merello, Fortunato Depero, Felice Casorati, Filippo De Pisis, Francesco Messina, Eugenio Baroni, Arturo Martini, Renato Guttuso,[3] Mario Mafai, Corrado Cagli.