The church of Santa Maria di Castello is a Catholic religious building in the historic center of Genoa, located along the hill of the same name, in the Molo district. Its parish community is part of the "Centro Est" vicariate of the archdiocese of Genoa. Located on the hill of Castello, the first inhabited place in Genoa in antiquity, the church of Santa Maria di Castello is one of the oldest places of Christian worship in Genoa and one of the most intact and evocative Romanesque buildings in the city.