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The ferry terminal in 2006. The Port of Genoa covers an area of about 700 hectares (1,700 acres) of land and 500 hectares (1,200 acres) on water, stretching for over 22 kilometres (14 mi) along the coastline, with 47 kilometres (29 mi) of maritime ways and 30 kilometres (19 mi) of operative quays.
It is the most important airport in Liguria and it serves the city and Port of Genoa, as well as a considerable population in Southern Piedmont (Asti and Alessandria Provinces, southern areas of Cuneo Province). In 2018, with 1,455,626 passengers having passed through the airport, [3] Genoa is the 21st busiest Italian airport by passenger traffic.
The historical archive of the port of Genoa, preserved in Palazzo San Giorgio, includes documentation from 1870 to 1945, in particular that relating to the expansion of the port, carried out between 1870 and 1888 and the documents of the Autonomous Port Consortium from 1903 to 1945, largely concerning the construction of the port basin of ...
Modeste was a Magicienne-class frigate built at Toulon between February 1785 and January 1787, having been launched there on 18 March 1786. [2] In September 1793 she entered the neutral port of Genoa, where according to British reports, her captain was seized by the French Republican agent in the port, who suspected the frigate as having come from the Royalist-held Toulon on some secret ...
At the end of the nineteenth century, a direct railway link between Genoa and Emilia Romagna was proposed, as an alternative to the Turin–Genoa railway. The railway had to start from the Port of Genoa and cross the Ligurian Apennines and then reach the Piacenza railway station and Borgotaro. However, it was designed as a fast line for long ...
The number "four", which still often occurs today associated with maritime republics, is, as can be seen, not original: the short list of maritime republics was limited to two (Genoa and Venice) or three cities (Genoa, Venice and Pisa); the long list included Genoa, Venice, Pisa, Ancona, Amalfi and Gaeta.
In 2011, Genoa, like other European cities, suffered disastrous flooding. In 2013, 11 deaths resulted from the collapse of the control tower of Genoa's port after being hit by the cargo ship Jolly Nero. In 2014, the sunken wreck from the Costa Concordia was transported to the port of Genoa to be broken up.
Territories of the Republic of Genoa, around the Mediterranean & Black Sea coasts Guglielmo Embriaco portrayed on the main façade of the Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa The port and fleet of Genoa in the early 14th century, by Quinto Cenni. Genoa started expanding during the First Crusade. At the time the city had a population of about 10,000.