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The city is rich in testimony of the Gothic Revival like Albertis Castle, Castello Bruzzo , Villa Canali Gaslini and Mackenzie Castle designed by the architect Gino Coppedè. Genoa is also rich of Art Nouveau works, among which: Palazzo della Borsa (Genova) , Via XX Settembre (Gino Coppedè, Gaetano Orzali and others), Hotel Bristol Palace ...
The historic center of Genoa is the core of the old town organized in the maze of alleys (caruggi) of medieval origin that runs - from east to west - from the hill of Carignano (Genoa) to the Genova Piazza Principe railway station, close to what was once the Palazzo del Principe, residence of Admiral Andrea Doria.
In the 1914–18 war the castle was a hospital. [2] In the 1939–45 war the castle was occupied by British and American troops and entertained Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Gen. Mark Clark and Maj. Gen. Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh. [2] Longford Castle is shown from the air at the end of the 2001 film The Princess Diaries as the castle in ...
[2] [3] In the fifth century BC the first town, or oppidum, was founded at the top of the hill today called Castello (Castle), which is now inside the medieval old town. The ancient Ligurian city was known as Stalia (Σταλìα), referred to in this way by Artemidorus Ephesius and Pomponius Mela .
The Mackenzie Castle (Italian: Castello Mackenzie) is a historical manor in the Castelletto quarter of Genoa, northern Italy. It is an example of Gothic Revival architecture . Registered as a cultural space [ 1 ] on the occasion of Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004, in autumn 2006 it was one of the venues of the Festival della Scienza .
The Princess Diaries is a series of epistolary young adult novels written by Meg Cabot, and is also the title of the first volume, published in 2000.The series spent 48 weeks on the New York Times Children's Series Best Sellers List. [1]
Sercia: was a part of Genovia A Princess of Sercia Sercia get Independence from Kingdom of Genovia; Shimmervale: A Maltese based kingdom powered by Crystallites in Barbie: Mariposa & the Fairy Princess. Skandistan: Islamic state comprising what was formerly Scandinavia. From the alternate history book The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley ...
The Republic of Genoa (Ligurian: Repúbrica de Zêna [ɾeˈpybɾika de ˈzeːna]; Italian: Repubblica di Genova; Latin: Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the years 1099 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast.