"We loved that hall, tho’ white and cold, Those nichèd shapes of noble mould, A princely people’s awful princes, The grave, severe Genovese of old."
Genoa is the sixth-largest city in Italy and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria. As of 2025, 565,301 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,629 inhabitants, more than 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera.
"Long before turning the Pharos point which conceals the city, the light-house of Genoa is seen, marking its situation. At length, the city itself bursts upon the view, sweeping round the bay in the form of an amphitheatre, backed by a line of hills, and, together with its harbour crowded with masts, and the venerable fortifications which defend the bay, presenting a very noble and striking appearance."
"Grifus ut has angit Sic hostes Janua frangit."
"Genoa has a port, goods, and proud houses."
"Rien nannonce mieux lItalie que Gênes; cest le digne portique de marbre de cette éternelle galerie qui finit au golfe de Tarente; cest le péristyle de ce musée qui expose ses tableaux, ses statues, ses villes, sur la muraille des Apennins; et rafraîchit son atmosphère avec les brises croisées de ses deux mers."
"As the griffin throttles these [beasts], so Genoa crushes her foes."
"Genua habet portum, mercesque domosque superbas."