Genoa, Italy
….Between Past and Future
Art and Technology
Blue Sea and Green Hills
Your first encounter with Genoa is always an emotional experience, especially when you arrive by air or sea and you look at the fabulous panorama of this urban amphitheatre rising from the water, silhouetted against the mountains.
The old town conserves the city’s remarkable history as one of the great Maritime Republics, with churches and buildings from the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods, providing tangible evidence of its glorious past.
In 2004 Genoa was European Capital of Culture and in 2006 “Le Strade Nuove and the System of the Palazzi dei Rolli” were recognised as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Genoa has so many different facets to discover: 19th century neighbourhoods, fishing ports and seaside resorts to the east and west, with their picturesque parks and sumptuous villas, and towns and villages inland, nestling in the hills, permeated with a rich heritage of local tradition.
A lively and ever-changing present, with a vision towards the future. A lively city, with a very modern soul inside a “body” scattered with countless masterpieces of history and culture. From the old town rising up behind the port area to the wonderful forts looking over it with watchful eye from the hill tops, Genoa is an intertwining of ancient places and surprising and absolutely contemporary events.
Conference venue
Built up in 1992 on the occasion of the “C. Columbus International Expo”, the Genoa Convention Centre boasts both modern infrastructures and the very attractive setting of the Magazzini del Cotone – old cotton warehouses – on the docks of the old port area of Porto Antico. This is the heart of Genoa, with its medieval quarter, one of the liveliest areas in town, masterfully designed by architect Renzo Piano.
