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Genova |
 | | All in line with the city's cultural life, enlivened by musical, theatrical, operistic and ballet seasons; important events which are an invitation for either the tourist or the visitor to stop over for an hour or two or even for a few days to discover the deepdown Mediterranean soul of this city. |
 | | Genoa is also known as the town of Christopher Columbus, but, before and after him, it was the birthplace of a whole "race" of illustrious navigators: from Antoniotto Usodimare, who, in 1455, arrived at the mouth of the Gambia river, to the Lanzarotto Maloncello, who was the first to reach the Canary Islands. |
 | | Genoa grows, becomes a metropolis, but remains true to its image: a city redolent of antiquity without being old, which has the class of a noblewoman without being an aristocrat, that knows who to be simple, but not poor, is genuine yet complex. |
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