Genoa Has to Be Seen Looking Up, Genoa, Italy

Genoa is in the genes of my family, is the port from which they escaped before returning to sail away again, it is our history and culture, is the basis in our speech, is all those specific and concise expressions that make the Ligurian as they are, it is our heart because “in Genoa you can find everything“.

I guess you already understood that I love it and for this reason I always find an excuse for a trip: a performance, a doctor, shopping, a friend and many other things. A few weeks ago, however, I saw it differently, a bit as if for the first time, during a meeting between some Bluewago’s Hubbies with girls I didn’t know and who were about to discover the city. Some nuances have been confirmed and other have sharpened …

Genoa is female, is stubborn and obstinate, is complex and often grumpy, is passionate, is varied and diverse. Genoa is beautiful and vertical and has to be seen looking up.

Our starting point to explore the narrow streets of the city was the galleon movie set of “Pirates” by Roman Polanski, now moored at the Old Harbour, and right away it was natural to look up to admire Zena (i.e. Genoa in the local dialect) all around.

From Palazzo San Giorgio, formerly Palazzo delle Compere of San Giorgio and now headquarters of the harbor authority, with its brilliant facade painted that gives color to the opposite Piazza Caricamento, which owes its name to the loading and unloading of goods which occupied the square for the past two centuries as it was the first seat of the docks the sea once reaching up the arcades of Sottoripa! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).