History of Genoa information

Genoa, Italy, has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean. The Genoa area has been inhabited since the fifth or fourth...

Genoa (/ˈdʒɛnoʊə/ JEN-oh-ə, Italian: Genova, Italian: [ˈdʒɛːnova] ; Ligurian: Zêna, Ligurian: [ˈzeːna]) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region...

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to as Genoa (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒeːnoa]), is a professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria...

The Republic of Genoa was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the years 1099 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During...

The club was founded on 7 September 1893 as Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club. In its earliest years, they principally competed in athletics and cricket....

Duchy of Genoa (Italian: Ducato di Genova) (Ligurian: Ducâto de Zêna) was a country consisting of the territories of the former Republic of Genoa. It was...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. 5th century BC - First nucleus and oldest inhabited area around the Castello...

The Bombardment of Genoa was a military event during the War of the Reunions when France bombarded the city of Genoa from the sea between May 18 and May...

The Doge of Genoa was the head of state of the Republic of Genoa, a city-state and soon afterwards a maritime republic, from 1339 until the state's extinction...

The province of Genoa (Italian: provincia di Genova) was a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Genoa. It was replaced...

Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, 1447 – 15 September 1510) was an Italian Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and...

institutions, such as the Bank of Saint George. During the Early Middle Ages, Genoa was a small, poor fishing village of 4,000 inhabitants. By slowly building...

The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe (Italian: Università di Genova), is a public research university. It is one of the largest universities...

cathedral in the Italian city of Genoa. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo), and is the seat of the Archbishop of Genoa. The cathedral was consecrated...

in the sack of its major port, Genoa, on 16 August 935. The coasts of Spain and southern France may also have been raided and the islands of Corsica and...

term Great Genoa (Italian: Grande Genova) refers to the present area of the municipality of Genoa, in the north west of Italy. Great Genoa extends for...

The revolt of Genoa took place between Thursday 5 April and Wednesday 11 April 1849. Genoa was then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, but had only become...

March of Genoa or Eastern Liguria was created in 961 by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. The formal history of the march began around 951 after Berengar of Ivrea...

The Relief of Genoa took place between 28 March 1625 and 24 April 1625, during the Thirty Years' War. It was a major naval expedition launched by Spain...

established by Genoa in early 1649 to profit off of the East India trade. Its first expedition, led by Jan Maes van Duijnkerken, resulted in the capture of the ships...

finals of the first Italian Football Championship was decided in a single day with four teams competing, three from Turin and one from Genoa. The title...

from Genoa, Italy. They compete in Serie B, the second division of the Italian football league system. Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two...

Genoa Airport (IATA: GOA, ICAO: LIMJ) (Italian: Aeroporto di Genova) also named Christopher Columbus Airport ("Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo" in Italian)...

The Archdiocese of Genoa (Latin: Archidioecesis Ianuensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Erected...