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Contents 1 External links, the day's cleanup 2 Use of accent in Gènova 3 Why no mention of the G8 meeting? 4 Suggestions for expansion 5 Question 6 why not greek? 7 estuary? 8 external links 9 Oldest working lighthouse? 10 What about the Fortifications?

[edit] External links, the day's cleanup

The Genova, European Capital of Culture 2004 link is now kaput, since it was a temporary public-relations gimmick. I've removed it.

The Visit the town starting from the historical center" was in fact commercial link spam for an apartment rental, also removed.

The photos of Genova is a larger site than it looks, each of those photos, at least on spot-check, opening to a page of more photos.

And the official site belongs on the page, and first on the list: proof that few people care about Wikipedia, and a lot of people are out to link their websites. . . . Bill 22:11, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Use of accent in Gènova

Please join the discussion at User talk:Macrakis/Italian accents if you're interested. --Macrakis 05:43, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why no mention of the G8 meeting?

Jabbi 01:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC) I think enough violence and the killing of a person was enough said for that event

While the article mentions a number of protesters killed, only one person (20 year old Carlo Giuliani) has been reported to be killed by a Carabinieri officer in Genoa during the G8 meeting. Several protesters were beaten and seriously injured by Police and Carabinieri forces.

[edit] Suggestions for expansion

This is a nice article so far, but can I suggest you consider adding the following sections:

• Geography (you can include climate here)
• Culture (night life, festivals)
• Economy
• Transportation
• Education (especially if there are major universities, institutes etc.)

Currently the article is heavily weighted towards Genoa's glorious past, but surely there are important aspects of the modern city to include, too? Thanks, Walkerma 02:57, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

"U.C. Sampdoria is a football team with very few supporters. Most of them come from the suburb and dangerous districts"

Is this supposed to be a sick joke? I think It should be deleted ASAP. Thanks. Jan 16, 2007

Actually I had already deleted it yestarday. And I came back to the old version of the text as well. Daviboz 23:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] why not greek?

"knee" is "genus" in Latin and "gony" in Greek.

I add that "knee" is in Italian "ginocchio", but in the local dialect is "zenuggiu". As "Genoa" is in Italian "Genova" but "Zena" in the local dialect.

I am not an expert at all in etymology, but I would like to see good reasons not to say that the derivation is from the greek "gony".

Moreover, as it is written now it is nonsense. So, I rollback, waiting for good explanations. --Fioravante Patrone en 19:41, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] estuary?

Etymology, again. Why estuary? It does not fit with the origins of the city, as far as I can see. Which river?? This "celtic" origin is sometimes considered, but with a different meaning: "jowl". I delete the "source" since it says nothing relevant w.r.t. the issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fioravante Patrone en (talk • contribs) 23:05, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] external links

I deleted a couple of external links. The last one added was on webcams in Liguria. Maybe could be of some interest (my opinion is of course negative). --Fioravante Patrone en 11:27, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oldest working lighthouse?

I have put citation needed in this sentence: The port of Genoa also contains an ancient lighthouse, called the "Torre della Lanterna" (i.e., "the tower of the lantern"). It is the oldest working lighthouse in the world, because I'm not sure this is true. As a matter of fact, there's an old Roman lighthouse still working in Spain, which is the Torre de Hércules, and I think it's older than this Genoan lighthouse. The English wikipedia recognizes so: It is the oldest Roman lighthouse still used as a modern lighthouse in the world. says the article about this Spanish lighthouse. --80.36.68.39 (talk) 21:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)Joane

[edit] What about the Fortifications?

What about Genoa's fortifications? From what I know they are one of the longest walls in the world, (after China'sGreat Wall, of course!) I read somewhere that the three rings of walls add up to more then 70 km. And a mentions to the forts too. OP —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.16.53.66 (talk) 09:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)