Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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7his was The TirsT visiT oT The COLUMBUS To This porT oT call since The midshipmen cruise in I948. Nobody knows iusT when The ciTy was. Tounded. IT was a very long Time beTore The birTh oT ChrisT aT any raTe. The name Genoa is probably derived Trom The Greek word Zenos or sTranger. and The early civilizaTion oT The ciTy is due To The conTacT oT The primiTive Ligurian inhabiTanTs wiTh Greek and Phoenician Traders. TT is boTh a medieval and modern ciTy. crowded and busTling. The old parT oT The ciTy is Tull of narrow winding sTreeTs, wiTh sTairs and bridges and hemmed in by old buildings, daTing Trom The middle ages. Carved doorways, oTTen wiTh wroughT iron grills or gaTes open inTo inner courTyards. GreaT Renaissance palaces loom over one as he passes Through Those crooked alleys. and rear Their loTTy walls Tar above his head as They elbow neighboring palaces. One soon noTices ThaT homes or dwelling places have black sTreeT numbers, and places oT business and oTTices have red' ones. The new parTs oT The ciTy have broad roads and well spaced dwellings and give The appearance oT a modern ciTy as we know iT. YeT, iT can be said. Genoa is pre-eminenTly a ciTy OT palaces. These range Trom The medieval homes oT Genoese Tamilies in The old quarTer oT The Town To The magniTicenT sixTeenTh and sevenTeenTh cenTury mansions which line The Via Garibaldi. IT is oT special inTeresT To noTe ThaT The year OCT. TZ. T950 To OCT. l2. l95l is The Fif+h CenTenary CelebraTion oT ChrisTopher Columbus. The exhibiTion in progress aT ST. George's palace showed much oT The hisTory oT Columbus' Times. Genoa has very imporTanT meTallurgical and engineering indusTries which are mainly connecTed wiTh ship- building. The reTining and processing oT vegeTable and seed oils, which are inainly imporTed, is a considerable indusTry. The soap and Tood indusTry. coTTon manuTacTures, especially hosiery, Tanning and leaTher indusTries lglovesj, painT TacTories, cemenT works and quarries give a TurTher picTure of The Genoese aT Their work. Neaby poinTs oT inTeresT include The STaglieno CerneTery Tor iTs world-famous TombsTones, also Tomb of Giuseppi Mazzini, Nervi Promenade, Gallery oT Modern ArT, Pegli Park and l'TeadquarTers oT Civil Naval Museum. The hearT oT The ciTy lies in a Triangle bounded by The harbor, The Via Garibaldi and The Via Carlo Felice. IT is Tilled wiTh crooked sTreeTs, Towering buildings, and many churches. IT is in These old churches ThaT you will really Tind someThing'worThwhile. While in Genoa a Tour was made To Pisa and Florence. Pisa is world Tamous Tor iTs Leaning Tower . lncessani' land-slides seem To be The explanaTion oT This oddiTy. Florence like Genoa is boTh mod- ern and medieval wiTh The picTuresque characTerisTics ThaT such a combinaTion has To oTier. Many museums and arT galleries are available To The visiTor. Some oT The world Tamous masTerpieces can be seen in This old lTalian ciTy. Florence also boasTs oT having The only bridge in Europe ThaT has buildings and sTores on iT. The greaT culTural awak- ing ThaT Tinally shook Europe Trom iTs sTagnanT sleep oT The Middle Ages sTarTed here. MonumenT To The discoverer of America and The house in which he was born.

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Columbus 'Pour pariy in Florence The old laul modern cliy of Genoa Covered bridge in Florence complefe wilh housing, mar- lcel and slores.