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The D'Albertis castle is a historic residence in Genoa, home to the Museum of World Cultures and the Museum of People's Music. Built in 1886 on an ancient bastion of the fourteenth-century walls by the sea captain Enrico Alberto D'Albertis, the castle is today one of the most popular house-museums in the Ligurian capital. Located on the hill of Montegalletto (or Monte Galletto) in the Castelletto district, like its counterpart Mackenzie castle, it dominates the city of Genoa, overlooking the Ligurian Sea with an open view. The reporter of the Supplement to the newspaper "Il Caffaro" wrote on 1 May 1892: The castle can be reached from piazza Acquaverde-via Balbi (Piazza Principe railway station) with the Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto lift, or with the AMT bus no. 36, 39 and 40. A particular service favors transport and visits to the museum by disabled people. It can be reached by car for those coming from the motorways by taking the Genova-Ovest exit.