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Genova's Columbus GENOVA: Introduction
Genova (Genoa) is the birth place of Christopher Columbus - at least, according to most authorities, also Cogoleto, Cuccaro, Pradella (near Bettola), Calvi (Corsica), Porto-Santo (Poio, Galicia), San Antonio (Ibiza), Cuba (Portugal), Chios (Greece) etc. claim to be his birth place. However, (nearly) all authorities agree that Columbus spent his youth in Genova. There are found many Columbus memorials in this town. In 1893, Néstor Ponce de Léon listed already seven Columbus memorials, but I doubt if three of them still exist.
The following monuments are known to me:
  1. 16th century The fresco on the Palazzo di San Giorgio.
  2. – The Columbus House.
  3. 1821 The Custodia.
  4. 1846 The monument on Piazza Acquaverde.
  5. c.1850 Via Gramsci
  6. 1851 The statue in the Palazzo Rosso.
  7. 1870 Castello D'Albertis, "Colombo giovinetto".
  8. 1892 Castello D'Albertis, reliefs.
  9. 1892 Liceo Cristoforo Colombo
  10. 1934 Regione Liguria Palace
  11. 1951 Plaque on the Palazzo di San Giorgio.
  12. – Relief on the Piazza Dante.
  13. 1984 Ponte di Carignano
  14. 1992 Cavallini's Human Ship.
  15. 1992 Il Bigo.
  16. 1992 Campopisano
  17. – The park on the Piazza della Vittoria.
  18. – Stazione Marittima.
  19. 1998 Aeroporto C. Colombo.

Ponce de Léon lists also:

  1. Bust at the University (unknown there).
  2. Bust at the Royal Palace.
  3. The Genius of Columbus by Vignolo, ornament at the Royal Palace.

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