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3 unusual facts about Génova


Génova

Génova, Quetzaltenango, a municipality in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Génova, Quindío, a municipality in the department of Quindío, Colombia

Luis Garavito

Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos, a.k.a "La Bestia" ("The Beast") or "Tribilín" (American Spanish translation of Disney's "Goofy") (born 25 January 1957 in Génova, Quindío, Colombia) is a Colombian rapist and serial killer.


Aloysius Centurione

Coming from an illustrious family of Genova, Centurione did his schooling in the Jesuit boarding school of Parma before joining the Society of Jesus in 1703.

Francesco Crispi

Crispi himself was born in Ribera, Sicily, to Tommaso Crispi, a grain merchant and Giuseppa Genova; he was baptised as a Greek Orthodox.

Genova Sampierdarena railway station

Within walking distance of the station are the stops served by the Volabus, the AMT fast bus link between the Genova Piazza Principe railway station and Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport.

Milano Porta Genova railway station

Milano Porta Genova is terminus of the regional trains to Mortara, operated by the lombard railway company Trenord.

Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway

On 25 July 1872 with the opening of the connecting tunnel between Genova Brignole and Genova Piazza Principe The section of line to Sestri Levante was no longer isolated and was connected over the Apennines but especially to the line to Ventimiglia, which had been completed on 25 January 1872.

Rolando Panerai

He was one of the best-known exponents of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini for many years, singing the role in Genova as recently as 2011, at the age of 87.

Salvatore Sciarrino

He has composed for: Teatro alla Scala, RAI, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Biennale di Venezia, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Fondazione Arena di Verona, Stuttgart State Opera, Brussels La Monnaie, Frankfurt Opera Theatre, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, London Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Suntory Hall.


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