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GENOA | Cinematic video Kingdronevisual
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Take a tour of the great Italian city of Genoa in this excellent video by AirVuz contributor KingdroneVisual. Shot with a combination of drone and ground cameras, the video will take you around and over the city, which is capital of the Liguria Region and one of Italy's half-dozen largest cities. The birthplace of Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, the city-state of Genoa was one of the most powerful players in Europe during much of the Middle Ages, when its empire included territories extended from parts of Spain to Crimea.
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Genoa (/ˈdʒɛnoʊə/ JEN-oh-ə; Italian: Genova [ˈdʒɛːnova] (About this soundlisten); Ligurian: Zêna [ˈzeːna]; English, historically, and Latin: Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits.[3] As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa,[4] counted 855,834 resident persons.[5] Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera.[6] Located on the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union.[7][8] Genoa has been nicknamed la Superba ("the proud one") due to its glorious past and impressive landmarks.[9] Part of the old town of Genoa was inscribed on the World Heritage List (UNESCO) in 2006 as Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. The city's rich cultural history in art, music and cuisine allowed it to become the 2004 European Capital of Culture. It is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, Andrea Doria, Niccolò Paganini, Giuseppe Mazzini, Renzo Piano and Grimaldo Canella, founder of the House of Grimaldi, among others. Genoa, which forms the southern corner of the Milan-Turin-Genoa industrial triangle of Northwest Italy, is one of the country's major economic centers.[10][11] The city has hosted massive shipyards and steelworks since the 19th century, and its solid financial sector dates back to the Middle Ages. The Bank of Saint George, founded in 1407, is among the oldest in the world and has played an important role in the city's prosperity since the middle of the 15th century.[12][13] A number of leading Italian companies are based in the city, including Fincantieri, Selex ES,[14] Ansaldo Energia,[15] Ansaldo STS, Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone, Piaggio Aerospace, Mediterranean Shipping Company and Costa Cruises. Youtube Facebook Instagram