Liguria presented
This unique video introduces you to the Liguria, the Region with wonderful sites to explore. Small unique places and it's central city Genoa.
Art and Architecture
This essay on Medieval Genoa is written by Professor Stephen A. Epstein of the History Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Professor George L. Gorse of the Art History Department of Pomona College, Claremont, CA After visiting Genoa in 1352, Petrarch (Le familiari, 14, 5, 23-5) wrote an important, early humanist laudation to [...]
Economic Life
This essay on Medieval Genoa is written by Professor Stephen A. Epstein of the History Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Professor George L. Gorse of the Art History Department of Pomona College, Claremont, CA (Watercolor painted by Jorge Eugenio Banzas, an Argentine artist living in Genoa in the eighties) Genoa and its [...]
History and Municipal Institutions
This essay on Medieval Genoa is written by Professor Stephen A. Epstein of the History Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Professor George L. Gorse of the Art History Department of Pomona College, Claremont, CA The classical Genua was a modest Roman provincial town at the head of the gulf of Liguria, [...]
Physical Characteristics and Origins
This essay on Medieval Genoa is written by Professor Stephen A. Epstein of the History Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Professor George L. Gorse of the Art History Department of Pomona College, Claremont, CA Genoa is a maritime theatre. Like a Greek theatre, the Apennines branch from the Alps, dramatically framing this [...]
Day Hikes Near Genoa – Walk N° 6
This guide is a contribution from G.R. Horn, one of our guests, who has contributed, to make also your stay a pleasant experience. Campi - Righi (Genova) This walk is the easiest of them all and the one closest to Genova itself. The walk itself takes no more than two hours, and it only [...]
Day Hikes Near Genoa – Walk N° 5
This guide is a contribution from G.R. Horn, one of our guests, who has contributed, to make also your stay a pleasant experience. (San Martino di Paravanico) Pian di Praglia - Pegli This walk is another relatively strenuous exercise, and you should wait until you have a reasonably clear day as, once again, parts [...]
Day Hikes Near Genoa – Walk N° 4
This guide is a contribution from G.R. Horn, one of our guests, who has contributed, to make also your stay a pleasant experience. (Pietralavezzara) Passo della Bocchetta - Pian di Praglia (San Martino di Paravanico) This walk is a more challenging hike, and for the core section of it alone, from the Passo della [...]
Day Hikes Near Genoa – Walk N° 3
This guide is a contribution from G.R. Horn, one of our guests, who has contributed, to make also your stay a pleasant experience. Crocetta di Orero - Colle di Creto This walk is just as easy as Walk No. 2. To get to the starting point, take the quaint railway from Genova to Casella, but [...]
Day Hikes Near Genoa – Walk N° 2
This guide is a contribution from G.R. Horn, one of our guests, who has contributed, to make also your stay a pleasant experience. Passo dei Giovi - Crocetta d'Orero This walk takes about two to three hours and is, once again, perfect for an afternoon (or morning) excursion. To get to the Passo dei [...]