Look up Genoese, Genoan, Genovese, or Genovesi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Genoese, Genovese, or Genoan may refer to: a person from modern Genoa...
of the major financial centers in Europe. Throughout its history, the Genoese Republic established numerous colonies throughout the Mediterranean and...
Genoa joined the crusade. The Genoese troops, led by noblemen de Insula and Avvocato, set sail in July 1097. The Genoese fleet transported and provided...
The Genoese crossbowmen (Italian: Balestrieri genovesi) were a famous military corps of the Middle Ages, which acted both in defense of the Republic of...
The Genoese colonies were a series of economic and trade posts in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Some of them had been established directly under the...
Genoese, locally called zeneise or zeneize (Ligurian: [zeˈnejze]), is the prestige dialect of Ligurian, spoken in and around the Italian city of Genoa...
Genoese lace is bobbin lace from Genoa. It is a guipure style of lace. Bobbin lacemaking in Italy dates back to the 16th century when the main centres...
granted the Genoese the exclusive right to trade in the "Mare Maius" (Black Sea). Consequently, in 1266, Caffa was granted to the Genoese, which became...
The Genoese knife, which has its own unique style, was manufactured in the city of Genoa. Some Genoese knives have a special shape, very similar to a dagger...
The Genoese map is a 1457 world map. The map relied extensively on the account of the traveler to Asia Niccolo da Conti, rather than the usual source...
Aragonese to attack the Genoese city of Alghero in Sardinia: the battle of the Lojera was the greatest Genoese defeat at the time. The Genoese regrouped in 1354...
The Genoese navy was the naval contingent of the Republic of Genoa's military. From the 11th century onward the Genoese navy protected the interests of...
Ligurian (/lɪˈɡjʊəriən/ lig-YOOR-ee-ən; endonym: lìgure) or Genoese (/ˌdʒɛnoʊˈiːz/ JEN-oh-EEZ; endonym: zeneise or zeneize) is a Gallo-Italic language...
fought in the series of the Venetian-Genoese wars. There were three causes for the outbreak of the war: the Genoese hegemony over the Black Sea, the capture...
The Genoese Palace (Turkish: Ceneviz Sarayı; Italian: Palazzo del Comune, lit. 'Palace of the Commune'), alternatively known as the Palace of the Podestà...
India have settled at Gibraltar, as have Sephardic Jews from North Africa. Genoese and Catalans (who arrived in the fleet with Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt)...
Genoese Gibraltarians (Italian: genovesi di Gibilterra) have existed in Gibraltar since the 16th century and later became an important part of the population...
The Genoese lira (Italian: Lira genovese) was the currency of the Republic of Genoa until 1797. The mint in the Republic of Genoa began its production...
The Genoese School (Scuola genovese, in Italian) is a cultural and art movement developed and rooted, since the 1960s, in Genoa, Italy. It is mainly linked...
The Genoese Lighthouse (Romanian: Farul Genovez) is a lighthouse and historic monument situated on the waterfront of the city of Constanța, Romania, behind...
The Genoese towers in Corsica (French: tours génoises de Corse, Corsican: torri ghjenuvesi di Corsica, singular : torre ghjenuvese di Corsica, also torra-;...
family connections in Genoa and opinions voiced by contemporaries on his Genoese origins, which few dispute. Other hypotheses exist, none of which are broadly...
Genoese Batteries are a pair of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The Upper and Lower Genoese Batteries defended the...
of the Duke of Savoy, the city underwent a hard siege. It was known in Genoese governmental circles that one of the reasons why the Dutch government had...
Common languages Ligurian, Italian Religion Catholic Church Demonym(s) Genoese Government Absolute monarchy Duke • 1815–1821 Victor Emmanuel • 1821–1831...
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