Genoa (ItalianGenova (jen'o-vah), GenoeseZena (zay'nah), FrenchGênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of Liguria. It has a population of ca. 700,000.
Genua was a city of the ancient Ligurians. Its name is probably Ligurian, meaning "knee" (from Proto-Indo-European *genu 'knee'), i.e. "angle", from its geographical position, thus akin to the name of Geneva. Alternatively, the name has been claimed to derive from LatinJanua ("gate"). Faithful to Rome while other Ligurian and Celtic peoples of modern Northern Italy stood by Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, Genoa lost its importance as a Roman port city after the rise of Vada Sabatia, near Savona.
During the Middle Ages, Genoa was an independent and powerful republic (one of the so-called Repubbliche Marinare, with Venice, Pisa, and Amalfi) mainly oriented on the sea. Genoa was the most persistent rival of Venice, and like Venice its nominal republic was presided over by a doge (see Doges of Genoa).
Map of Italy showing Genoa in the northwest
Crusaders from Genoa brought home a green glass goblet long regarded in Genoa as the Holy Grail itself and thought to be emerald.
The Republic of Genoa extended over modern Liguria and Piedmont. At various times Genoa had several colonies in the Mideast, in the Aegean and the Black Sea, whence the Black Death was imported into Europe from the Genoese trading post at Kaffa (Feodosiya) in the Crimea, in Sicily and Northern Africa. It possessed the islands of Sardinia and disputed Corsica with Corsicans and France until 1768.
Famous Genoese families such as the Dorias had practically complete control of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Other landmarks of the city are the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), St. Lawrence Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Lorenzo), The Old Harbor (Porto Antico), transformed into a mall by architect Renzo Piano, Via Garibaldi with its superb palaces and the monumental cemetery on Staglieno's hill.
Genova, the point of departure and arrival, will recount its history of the past and the present through the infinite imagery of travel.
Genova2004 has two fundamental goals and two strategic approaches to reach them.
One is to redefine its cultural identity as a city with many vocations, where a port, industry, touristic and cultural activities coexist; the other is to have Genova felt as a positive and attractive town on a national, international and, last but not least, local level.
Si e' conclusa il 13 dicembre a Genova l'udienza preliminare per il rinvio a giudizio di 28 poliziotti accusati di falso ideologico, calunnia e abuso d'ufficio.
E il dopo genova inizia ad assumere contorni chiari, dopo fumose, parziali e non facili indagini in cerca di prove per le violenze della polizia, si passa in modo evidente alle operazioni di repressione.
Genova, 4 ottobre 2005: parla il medico che fece l'autopsia a Carlo Giuliani
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