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  2. Port of Genoa - Wikipedia

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    One of the container terminals of the port and the city of Genoa in the background. The Port of Genoa is one of the most important seaports in Italy. With a trade volume of 51.6 million tonnes, it is the busiest port of Italy after the port of Trieste by cargo tonnage. [4] Notably the port was used for dismantling the Costa Concordia following ...

  3. Genoa - Wikipedia

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    A map of Italy in 1796. From the 17th century, the Genoese Republic started a period of slow decline, In May 1625 a French-Savoian army briefly laid siege to Genoa. Though it was eventually lifted with the aid of the Spanish, the French would later bombard the city in May 1684 for its support of Spain during the War of the Reunions. [41]

  4. Portolan chart - Wikipedia

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    The Atlas is a World Map, that is, world map and regions of the Earth with the various peoples who live there. The work was done at the request of Prince John, son of Pedro IV, desirous of a faithful representation of the world from west to east. 12 sheets form the world map on tables, linked to each other by scroll and screen layout. Each ...

  5. Gulf of Genoa - Wikipedia

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    Gulf of Genoa. The Gulf of Genoa (Golfo di Genova) is the northernmost part of the Ligurian Sea. This Italian gulf is about 145 km (90 mi) wide [1] from the city of Imperia in the west to La Spezia in the east. The largest city on its coast is Genoa, which has an important port.

  6. Palazzo San Giorgio - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Santa Margherita Ligure - Wikipedia

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    Santa Margherita Ligure (Ligurian: Santa Margaita) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Genoa, in the area traditionally known as Tigullio. It has a port, used for both tourism and fishing activities.

  8. Messina Line - Wikipedia

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    The company also owns a Container Terminal inside the port of Genoa, Italy. The company started trading in 1921 as "Giuseppe Messina Tabuso", a small shipping line specialising in the distribution of perishables, carried from Sicily to Northern Italy ports. Once the office was moved to Genoa, new trade lanes were opened, including towards Libya ...

  9. Sampierdarena - Wikipedia

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    The West Central municipio is marked in pink Location of the province of Genoa Villa Scassi park The port nears completion Old postcard of the beach The Torre Sole in the Fiumara development. Sampierdarena (also San Pier d'Arena; Ligurian: San Pè d'ænn-a) is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy.