Old Center, Genoa

A Few June Days in Genoa (Genova)

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September 24th 2016
Moving onto Italy . . . I flew from Barcelona to Genoa because it was a cheap flight and near where I’d need to go to orientation for my English summer camp program. I gave myself a few days there to get acclimated to Italy. I’d never been there before, and like most of the places I move to, not a place I ever imagined living. I guess that’s strange, but looking back, I never had any huge in ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Genoa

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more