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GENOESE TALES

Luna Rossa’s Black Sails

The main part of the sails produced in North Sails' U.S. factories, but design and finishing for Luna Rossa in the Ligurian factories in Carasco.
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Saiwa

The story begins in 1900, in the pastry shop in Via Galata in Genoa. Here the entrepreneur Pietro Marchesi, having returned from a trip to England...
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Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce (La Spezia, 8 November 1939 - New York, 3 April 2024) was an Italian sculptor, designer and architect. Pesce was one of the leading exponents of Italian design.
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Goffredo Mameli

Goffredo Mameli was born in Genoa on 5 September 1827 to an Admiral of the Sardinian Navy and the Marchesa Adelaide Zoagli Lomellini. Casa Mameli was frequented by various Genoese intellectuals.
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Gilberto Govi

Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi was an Italian actor. Founder of the Genoese dialect theatre, he is considered one of the symbols of the city of the Lantern.
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Tessuto jeans

Jeans originated in the Republic of Genoa. It was reinvented in 1871 as we know it today by the tailor Jacob Davis and patented with Levi Strauss on 20 May 1873.
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