Genoa
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- Alternate Name
- Genova
Genua
- Names
Genoa
Genova
Genua
- Place Type
- political
- Description
- 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).
- Source
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
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