Christopher Columbus House

The Christopher Columbus House in , Italy, is an 18th-century reconstruction of the house in which Christopher Columbus grew up.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: building in Genoa, Italy
  • Also known as: “Christopher Columbus House Museum” and “House of Cristoforo Colombo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include piazza De Ferrari and Teatro Carlo Felice.

Square
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is the main square of . Situated in the heart of the city between the historical and the modern center, is renowned for its fountain, which was restored in recent years along with a major restyling of the square. is situated 210 metres northwest of Christopher Columbus House.

Theater building
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The is the principal opera house of , , used for performances of opera, ballet, orchestral music, and recitals. It is located on the side of Piazza De Ferrari. is situated 280 metres north of Christopher Columbus House.

College
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The is a tertiary academy of fine arts located in , . It also houses a museum, which includes works of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Giuseppe Abbati, Anton Raphael Mengs, Perin del Vaga, Luca Cambiaso, Bernardo Strozzi, Giovanni Battista Paggi, Sinibaldo Scorza, Domenico Fiasella, Luciano Borzone, Serafino De Tivoli, and Plinio Nomellini. is situated 220 metres north of Christopher Columbus House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portoria and Molo.

Suburb
is a central district of , administratively included in Municipio I Centro Est. It was one of the sestieri into which the city of Genoa was anciently divided.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the old town of the Italian city of . It was one of the six sestieri of ancient Genoa. At present it is part of Municipio I of Great Genoa.

Suburb
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is a residential district in the center of , administratively included in Municipio I Centro Est. Located on a hill at an average elevation of 50 m above sea level, it was formerly part of the sestiere of , one of the six administrative subdivisions that formed the city of Genoa.

Christopher Columbus House

Latitude
44.40562° or 44° 24′ 20″ north
Longitude
8.93511° or 8° 56′ 6″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
8FPCCW4P+62
Open­Street­Map ID
way 198253017
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q3661281
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Christopher Columbus House” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Casa de Cristòfor Colom”
  • Catalan: “Casa de Cristoforo Colombo”
  • Dutch: “House of Cristoforo Colombo”
  • Esperanto: “domo de Kristoforo Kolombo”
  • French: “maison de Christophe Colomb”
  • French: “Maison de Christophe Colomb”
  • Italian: “Casa di Colombo (Genova)”
  • Italian: “Casa di Cristoforo Colombo a Genova”
  • Italian: “casa di Cristoforo Colombo”
  • Italian: “Casa di Cristoforo Colombo”
  • Ligurian: “câza de Colómbo”
  • Ligurian: “câza de Cómbo”
  • Ligurian: “câza de Cónbo”
  • Ligurian: “câza de Cristòffa Colómbo”
  • Ligurian: “câza de Cristòffa Cómbo”
  • Ligurian: “câza de Cristòffa Cónbo”
  • Polish: “Casa di Colombo (Genua)”
  • Polish: “Casa di Colombo”
  • Russian: “Дом Христофора Колумба”
  • Spanish: “Casa de Cristoforo Colombo”

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