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Genoa
(Italian: Genova) is a city and an
important seaport in northern Italy,
the capital of the Province of Genoa
and of the region of Liguria. The
city has a population of about
610,000 and the urban area has a
population of about 900,000. Genoa's
Metropolitan Area has a population
of about 1,400,000. It is also
called la Superba ("the Superb one")
due to its glorious past.[2] Part of
the old city of Genoa was inscribed
on the World Heritage List (UNESCO)
in 2006 (see below). The city's rich
art, music, gastronomy, architecture
and history, made it 2004's EU
Capital of culture.
Genoa,
which forms the southern corner of
the Milan-Turin-Genoa industrial
triangle of north-west Italy, is one
of the country’s major economic
centres. With a GDP of 15.08 billion
Euros, or 1.3% of the national
total, the city ranked fifth in
Italy for economic strength in the
year 2000: after Rome (6.45%), Milan
(4.74%), Turin (2.19%) and Naples
(1.51%), and ahead of Bologna
(1.01%), Florence (1.00%) and
Palermo (0.94%). The Bank of Saint
George, one of the oldest in the
world, was founded here in 1407 and
played an important role in the
city’s prosperity from the middle of
the 15th century. Today a number of
leading Italian companies are based
in the city, including Ansaldo
Energia[8], Ansaldo STS and Edoardo
Raffinerie Garrone.
The
city of Genoa covers an area of 243
square kilometres (151 sq miles)
between the Ligurian Sea and the
Apennine Mountains. The city
stretches along the coast for about
30 kilometres (18 miles) from the
neighbourhood of Voltri to Nervi,
and for 10 kilometres (6 miles) from
the coast to the north along the
valleys Polcevera and Bisagno. The
territory of Genoa can then be
popularly divided into 5 main zones:
the centre, the west, the east, the
Polcevera and the Bisagno Valley.
Genoa
is adjacent to two popular Ligurian
vacation spots, Camogli and
Portofino.
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