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Republic of Genoa

medieval and early modern maritime republic from (1005-1797)
Organization oligarchy Q174306
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Summary

Republic of Genoa is an oligarchy[1]. It draws 17,015 Wikipedia views per month (oligarchy category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[3]
  • Country: Italy[4], France[5]
  • Continent: Europe[6]
  • Instance of: historical country[7], sovereign state[8], maritime republics[9]
  • Capital: Genoa[10]
  • Currency: Genovino[11], Genoese lira[12]
  • Basic form of government: oligarchy[13]
  • Follows: Kingdom of Italy[14]
  • Flag: flag of Republic of Genova[15]
  • Commons category: Republic of Genoa[16]
  • Inception: January 1, 1005[17]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: June 14, 1797[18]
  • Coordinate location: 44.4075, 8.933333333333334[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Republic of Genoa[20]
  • Participant in: Mahdia campaign of 1087[21]
  • Replaced by: Ligurian Republic[22]
  • Category for people born here: Q31868914[23]
  • Owner of: Castle of Rapallo[24]
  • Different from: Genoese Republic[25]
  • Language used: Ligurian[26], Latin[27], Italian[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Former countries[30], WikiProject Middle Ages[31], WikiProject Italy[32], WikiProject European history[33]
  • P14541: GNPTA[34]

Why It Matters

Republic of Genoa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Adrian V Andrea Doria Catherine of Genoa Christopher Columbus France François Grimaldi Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri Giovanni Giustiniani Innocent IV Italy Julius II Leon Battista Alberti Maria-Letizia Bonaparte Niccolò Paganini Pasquale Paoli sovereign state

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → Mahdia campaign of 1087
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participant in: Relief of Genoa, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273878|batch #273878]]"
  2. 10w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → 3350163159923301640007, 239517132
    National library of portugal id → 1955212
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of portugal id: 1955212, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → GNPTA
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved → —
    Country → Italy, France
    Openhistoricalmap relation id → 2751187
    Capital → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edit16 catalogue author id: 5947, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107818588|Genova (#107818588)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4161|EDIT16 authors]] #mi"
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