Genoa

:Alternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation).

Miscellaneous

• The port of Genoa is the first in Italy. It ranks second in the Mediterranean after neighbouring Marseille, France.
• The Aquarium of Genoa is the largest in Europe.
• Other landmarks of the city are the Palazzo Ducale (Genoa)|Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), St. Lawrence Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Lorenzo), The Old Harbor (Porto Antico), transformed into a mall by architect Renzo Piano, Via Garibaldi with its superb palaces and the monumental cemetery on Staglieno's hill.
• The Museo d'Arte Orientale is one of the largest collections of Oriental art in Europe.
• The University of Genoa, with 40,000 students (one of the larger universities in Italy,) was founded in 1481.
• Genoa Cricket & Football Club was the first Italian football club.
• The 27th G8 summit took place in Genoa in July 2001, resulting in riots and the shooting of a protestor and a violent crackdown by the police.
• For 2004, the European Union designated Genoa as European Capital of Culture, along with the French City of Lille.
• In 1922 the Genoa Conference was the first economic conference that included a representitative from the newly-communist Soviet Socialist Republics.