Genoa
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Genoa (Italian: Genova
listen?, Template:IPA-it; in Genoese an Ligurian: Zena, Template:IPA-lij; in Laitin an, archaically, in Inglis: Genua) is a ceety an an important seaport in northren Italy, the caipital o the Province o Genoa an o the region o Ligurie.
The ceety haes a population o aboot 610,000 an the urban aurie haes a population o aboot 900,000. Genoa's Metropolitan Aurie haes a population o aboot 1,400,000. It is an aa cried la Superba ("the Superb ane") due tae its glorious past.[1] Pairt o the auld ceety o Genoa wis inscribed on the Warld Heritage Leet (UNESCO) in 2006. The ceety's rich airt, muisic, gastronomy, airchitecture an history, made it 2004's EU Caipital o cultur.
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- ↑ "Genoa: a bloody history, a beguiling present | Italy", Times Online, 2004-04-25. Retrieved on 11 Apryle 2009..