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Genoa (city)

Type Object Region Europe Time c. -400

Genoa, on Italy's Ligurian coast, was a Roman colony and the core city of a medieval maritime republic, rivaling Venice before declining after the Wa…

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  1. c. -400–1000Genoa · LiguriaThe natural harbor of the Ligurian coast fostered early settlement; in the Roman period it was a colony and naval base, and its walls and road system laid the foundation for the later city.
  2. 1000–1300Genoa · Republic of GenoaThe Republic of Genoa took part in the Crusades and established trading posts and colonies in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea; its port, shipbuilding, and banking developed in step.
  3. 1298–1381Genoa · Republic of GenoaIn the 1320s Genoese merchant ships and Venetian fleets clashed repeatedly in the Mediterranean; war drained the republic's finances, and after the defeat at Chioggia maritime supremacy passed to Venice.
  4. 1400–1861Genoa · LiguriaDuring the Renaissance Genoa remained an important financial and shipbuilding center, with palaces and port facilities expanded; after the Napoleonic Wars it experienced the Risorgimento and in 1861 joined the Kingdom of Italy.
  5. 1861Genoa · LiguriaAfter unification it became the capital of the Liguria region and one of Italy's largest ports, with the old town and port industrial zone coexisting; the 1992 quincentenary of Columbus's voyage reinforced its identity as a maritime city.

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