Alley cats: Genoa is home to what's said to be Europe's largest medieval city center, ... mansions added to a Renaissance-era list compiled by the all-powerful Republic of Genoa.

More than 100 palazzi attest to the might and power of the Republic of Genoa’s ruling class during th e 16th and 17th centuries. In large part built along what were called Le Strade Nuove ...

That's because shipping, a lead role in the Crusades and an early start in finance made the Republic of Genoa into a powerful city-state. It also explains the wall-to-wall palaces.

To be exact, it was two decades earlier. In 1755 Corsica belonged to the Republic of Genoa, one of the many states in which the Italian peninsula was atomized. Founded in the Middle Ages and rival to ...

But the journey almost didn’t happen. Columbus, who had started sailing as a teenager in the Republic of Genoa (now Italy), was intent on reaching Asia by sea to establish new trade routes for ...

This conclusion contradicts the widely held view that Columbus was from the Republic of Genoa, a port city located in northern Italy. The documentary also suggested Columbus was a Sephardic Jew, ...

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to recognize Oct. 14 as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus, the 15th century explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa, now part of ...

Alley cats: Genoa is home to what's said to be Europe's largest medieval city center, ... mansions added to a Renaissance-era list compiled by the all-powerful Republic of Genoa.