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- Liguria (Genoa)
- Region of Italy
- wn name: Ligùria
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Flag of Liguria,
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13th cent.–1797, Flag of the Republic of Genoa,
1797–1805, Flag of the Ligurian Republic,
Source, by: World Statesmen,
Wikipedia (D)
The flag of the in 1947 founded region of Liguria, shows three vertical stripes in green, red and blue. In the middle of the red field appears the emblem of the region: a stylized, silvery caravel with a large white sail, on it a big red cross and four silvery stars. The red cross goes back to the City and Republic of Genoa. Whose flag was from the ancient times a white flag with the red Cross of Saint George (George Cross). In the Napoleonic era, even as Ligurian Republic, this flag was retained. The four stars represent the four provinces of the region: Imperia, Savona, Genoa and La Spezia.
Source: Wikipedia (D),
Volker Preuß
all names in Italian
Source: Volker Preuß
Area: 2.091 square miles
Inhabitants: 1.543.000 (2019)
Density of Population: 737 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Genoa (ital.: Gènova), 835.800 inh. (2019)
Languages: Italian
Time Zone: GMT + 1
Source: Wikipedia (D)
antiquity · settlement by the Ligurians, foundation of the town of Genoa by Ligurians, Celts and Greeks
since 2nd cent. B.C. · Roman conquest, Liguria comes to the Province of Italia
ca. 400 · conquest by the Eastern Goth
476 · dismissal of the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus, end of the (West)Roman Empire
535 · conquest by Byzantium (East Rome)
568/569 · the Langobardes conquest Liguria and incorporate it into their empire
774 · conquest by the Franks, incorporation of Liguria into the Frankish Empire of the Carolingians
843 · at the division of the Frankish Empire comes Liguria to the Kingdom of Italy
888 · after the extinction of the Carolingians the Region disintegrates into small states, frequently Sarazenic onslaughts, general decay
961 · Otto I. brings Liguria to the German Kingdom
1099 · nascence of the Republic of Genoa within the Roman-German Empire in the today's Liguria
1132 · Genoa purchases the north of Corsica Island, Pisa purchases the south
1284 · Genoa destroys the fleet of Pisa, and conquests the south of Corsica Island and enlarges it's influence essentially in the region, emergence of the conflict with Venice
1353 · the regency of the Republic of Genoa gets handed over to the the French king
1381 · Genoa succumbs Venice, end of the fights
1528 · Andrea Doria (Admiral of Emperor Carl V.) sets the republic under the protectorate of the Roman-German Emperor
1729 · outbreak of anti-Genoese riotings in Corsica
1768 · Genoa sells Corsica to France
1797 · after the conquest by French troops the Ligurian Republic gets proclaimed on the territory of the Republic of Genoa (Napolèonic satellite state)
1805 · annexation of the Ligurian Republic by the Napolèonic France
1814 · the Republic of Genoa gets restored
1815 · Vienna Congress, the Republic of Genoa expires ultimately and gets incorporated into the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont
1861 · King Vittorio Emanuele of Sardinia-Piedmont proclaims the Kingdom of Italy
1947 · establish of the region of Liguria as administratiive unit on the territory of the former Republic of Genoa
Source: Atlas zur Geschichte,
Wikipedia (D),
World Statesmen
The name "Liguria" has its roots in the tribe of the Ligurians, which settled here in the antiquity. The word is of Latin origin and comes from "ligere" what means "merge" or "connect", and refers possibly to the geographic location of the Ligurians as a link on the approach of the Italian Peninsula on the European mainland.
Source: Handbuch der geographischen Namen
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