What is Genoa?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Genoa | native_name = {{native name|it|Genova}}<br/>{{native name|lij|Zêna}} | official_name = Comune di Genova | image_skyline = Collage Genova.jpg | image_caption = |image_flag=Flag of Genoa.svg| image_shield = Stemma di Genova.svg | image_map = | pushpin_label_position = | region = [[Liguria]] | metropolitan_city = [[Metropolitan City of Genoa|Genoa]] (GE) | frazioni = | mayor = [[Marco Bucci (politician)|Marco Bucci]] | mayor_party = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 20 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 240.29 | population_as_of = 1 January 2018 | population_total = 580097 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Genoese, Genovese|postal_code=|area_code=|istat=}} '''Genoa''' ({{lang-it|Genova}}, [[Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]]: ''Zena, Zêna'') is a city and capital of the [[Liguria]] region in [[Italy]]. The population of Genoa in 2006 was 620,316. It is the most important seaport in [[Italy]]. Before Italy was united into one country in the 1800s, Genoa was a republic that also included the island of Corsica. Genoa was famous for its merchants, or traders, who traded everywhere from England to Istanbul. Famous Genoese people include, [[Andrea Doria]], [[Niccolò Paganini]], and [[Christopher Columbus]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.comune.genova.it/ Comune di Genova] {{Metropolitan City of Genoa}} {{World Heritage Sites in Italy}} {{authority control}} {{Multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Genoa| ]]