A collage of Genoa, Clockwise from top left:Torre della Lanterna, Piazza de Ferrari, Galleria Mazzini, Brigata Liguria Street, View of San Teodoro from Genoa Port

Genoa pron.: /ˈdʒɛnoʊ.ə/ (Italian: Genova [ˈdʒɛːnova] ( listen); Genoese and Ligurian Zena [ˈzeːna]; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is the capital of Liguria and the sixth largest city in Italy, with a population of 608,676 within its administrative limits on a land area of 243.6 km² (94 sq mi). The urban zone of Genoa extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 718,896.^[3] The urban area of Genoa has a population of 800,709.^[4] In the metropolitan area live over 1.5 million^[4] people. Genoa is one of Europe's largest cities on the Mediterranean Sea and the largest seaport in Italy.

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