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Genoa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 57 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.9500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Nation's most important seaport; destroyed by Carthage 205 BCE and rebuilt by Romans; controlled successively by France, Milan, Austria, and Sardinia; ceded to unified Italy 1861; birthplace of Christopher Columbus (1447) and composer Niccolò Paganini (1784). |
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| Genova (preferred,C,V)
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| Gênes (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Genoa (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Genès (C,V)
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| Genoese (C,V)
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| גנואה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Genua (H,V)
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Liguria (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Genova (province) (P) |
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Genoa (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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excavations have revealed evidence of trade between native Ligurians & the Phoenicians & Greeks as early as the 6th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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first mentioned as trade center of Liguria by Romans 218 BC, it gained control of Black Sea trade by the 11th cen. |
| industrial center (C) |
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produces petroleum, textiles, iron, steel, locomotives, electrical, marine & railway materials |
| financial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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historic monuments include 15th-cen. Palazzo San Giorgio, 16th-cen. Cathedral of San Lorenzo & Palazzo Doria |
| educational center (C) |
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site of university of Genoa (founded 1471), several commercial colleges & a school of navigation. |
| republic (H) |
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in the 12th cen. |
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