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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Genoa Chiavari Rapallo Sestri Levante Lombardia Le Marche Molise Piemonte Puglia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Valle D Aosta Veneto | | GenoaItaly > Liguria > GenoaGenoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena (zay'nah), French Gênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of Liguria. It has a population of ca. 650,000. 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 Latin Janua ("gate"), the two-headed god Janus, or an ancient word that means "foreigners", as the early settlers were considered foreign by the neighbouring population. The city's origins are dated back to the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. 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. Pages referring to GenoaHere are links to a selection of pages that mention Genoa within this website: Liguria, Venice Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Liguria Snippets of Articles Relating to GenoaItaly > Liguria Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. It borders France to the west, Piedmont to the north, and Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany to the east. It lies on the Ligurian Sea, a part of the Tyrrhenian Sea (northern Mediterranean Sea). The coastal strip forms the Italian Riviera; further inland are the Ligurian Alps, on the west, and the Ligurian Apennines on the east. The capital is Genoa. Italy > Liguria > La Spezia La Spezia is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia Gulf. It is one of the major Italian military and commercial harbours, located between Genoa and Pisa on the Tyrrhenian Sea. La Spezia also hosts one of the biggest military industries of Italy, OTO Melara. Italy > Liguria > Savona Savona is a seaport and comune of the province of Savona in the northern Italian region of Liguria, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea, at sea-level. Its population was 62,000 in the 2003 census. | |
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