It will be a very beautiful, romantic, and tragic story. It will be a story about Renaissance Genoa and Florence, about great historical figures, about great loves and famous painters and their famous works … it will be the story about Simonetta Vespucci, née Cattaneo. The birth of… Venus Simonetta Cattaneo was born on January […]
Typical Ligurian
Napoleon Bonaparte was Ligurian!
After Christopher Columbus and Pablo Picasso, he is other famous figure with connections to this region. And this is not the last famous character I will write about! Of course, don’t get me wrong! Everything you learned about Napoleon Bonaparte is true! But I’m starting from the beginning: Sarzana I have already written about this […]
The lottery was invented in Genoa!
After the blue jeans that I wrote about here, it is another, world-famous “invention”, that comes from Genoa 🙂 History It all began in the 17th century when a group of Genoese residents invented precise rules of gambling, which consisted of betting on the candidates elected to the Great Council of the Republic of Genoa. […]
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Cavagnetti, the Ligurian Easter gifts ;)
Easter is coming and the majority of you are preparing some specialities for you and your family. Even during coronavirus pandemic … what is more, we all stay home so you have even more time to prepare something special! I think that cavagnetti, a typical, Ligurian recipe for the Easter period is perfect. They are […]
Blue jeans is from Genoa!
Yeap, I know it sounds strange but it is true! For sure now you are thinking about Levi Strauss & Co, Lee and Wrangler that are all American, historical brands … however, the jeans fabric has Ligurian origins 😉 Let’s know all its story Name In the past, it was used to give fabrics the […]
