It is presumed that the first Ligurian presence in the territory that would in future become Genoa, was between the end of the VI century b.c. and the III century a.d.

The first to settle there was a very ancient society which was common in all of the region of Liguria and who’s culture disappeared completely under the growing power of the Genoese costal population, around the II century a.d. During this time the Oppidum Genuate was established, and was controlled by the Roman Empire until the III century a.d. through the jurisdiction of the foedus equum and later the municipium.

The natural configuration of the territory and the insistent presence of the libeccio (south-west) wind did not allow the establishment of a typical, well defined pre-roman settlement. Instead Genoa began to form its own urban identity. The organization of the area was fragmented between the area of the oppidum genuate , situated on the hills of Castello (facing the south-east side of the natural port), and Sant’Andrea, just a bit further back, and site of the first necropolis.

It is interesting to note that the territory developed according to roman design: starting from the market place at the centre, the settlement (forum) of S Giorgio was divided using the measure of mille passus (circa 1480 meters, the military distance) and urban territories (civitas e castrum) were separated from rustic ones (suburbium).

This type of division in semicircular concentric areas was the basic plan for future medieval settlements.

In the following centuries Genoa began to take on a more defined appearance. The presence of a cathedral confirms that by the IV century it had become a civitas (civilisation) later acknowledged as a true commerrcial centre.

We know that Genoa was attacked in 641 by the army of the Lombard Rotari who destroyed the walls, and burned and ravaged the city. But Genoa healed quickly; the walls were rebuilt, and commerce was restored, and its autonomy was respected throughout the entire period of the Lombard dominion and the successive Frankish one.

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The historical centre of Genoa which looks out over the sea.

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National Parks, Regional Parks, Marine Protected Areas, National Reserves, Regional Reserves, Wetlands and Other Protected Areas.

Nowadays in our Country there are 22 National Parks, and 2 more are waiting to be established. They cover on the whole a surface of one million and a half hectares, about the 5% of the national territory.

The national parks complete the safeguard carried out by the regional parks and vice versa, and they deal with very wide territories (at least, for our national reality) by involving several Towns.

Therefore, besides the great administrative variety (since they have been established by and depend on the Ministero dell'Ambiente) the national parks also differ for their management of a wide and varied territory characterized by a relevant human presence.

Besides planning and supervising, the national parks should also highlight their being a means to make the most of the local realities and to link them one to the other: in other words, they should help them to find in the beauty (and fragility) of the territory in which they are situated an element of cohesion, the key resource to their development.

The marine parks are also gaining an important role in the national safeguard project: they are aimed to protect in an integral manner stretches of sea and of coast (often entire islands or archipelagoes) presenting unique environmental elements and landscapes which are typical of the Mediterranean area.

Read also: The Sassi Di Matera Situated In The Old Town, They Are Composed Of The Sasso Caveoso And The Later Sasso Barisano. Name Regions Area High Point Elevation Established Map Quick View Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise 506.83 km2(195.69 sq mi) Monte Petroso 2,249 m (7,379 ft) 1922 Alta Murgia Apulia 677.39 km2(261.54 sq mi) Torre Disperata 686 m (2,251 ft) 2004 Appennino Lucano - Val d'Agri - Lagonegrese Basilicata 689.96 km2(266.40 sq mi) Monte del Papa 2,005 m (6,578 ft) Appennino Tosco-Emiliano Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany 227.92 km2(88.00 sq mi) Monte Cusna 2,121 m (6,959 ft) 2001 Archipelago of La Maddalena Sardinia 201.46 km2(77.78 sq mi) Punta Tejalone, Caprera[7] 212 m (696 ft) 1994 Tuscan Archipelago Tuscany 746.53 km2(288.24 sq mi) Monte Capanne on Elbain the Tuscan Archipelago 1,018 m (3,340 ft) 1996 Asinara Sardinia 269.60 km2(104.09 sq mi) Punta Scomunica 408 m (1,339 ft) 1997 Aspromonte Calabria 760.53 km2(293.64 sq mi) Montalto 1,955 m (6,414 ft) 1989 Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Alburni Campania 1,810.48 km2(699.03 sq mi) Monte Cervati 1,898 m (6,227 ft) 1991 Cinque Terre Liguria 38.60 km2(14.90 sq mi) Monte (Mai-)Pertuso[13] 820 m (2,690 ft) 1999 Circeo Lazio 84.40 km2(32.59 sq mi) Monte Circeo 541 m (1,775 ft) Dolomiti Bellunesi Veneto 31.51 km2(12.17 sq mi) Monte Pavione 2,335 m (7,661 ft) Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, and Campigna Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany 364.00 km2(140.54 sq mi) Monte Falterona 1,645 m (5,397 ft) Gargano Apulia 1,211.18 km2(467.64 sq mi) Monte Calvo[18] 1,065 m (3,494 ft) Gennargentu Sardinia 730.00 km2(281.85 sq mi) Punta La Marmora 1,834 m (6,017 ft) Gran Paradiso Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont 700.00 km2(270.27 sq mi) Gran Paradiso 4,061 m (13,323 ft) Gran Sasso & Monti della Laga Marche, Abruzzo, Lazio 1,413.31 km2(545.68 sq mi) Corno Grande 2,912 m (9,554 ft) Isola di Pantelleria Sicily Montagna Grande 836 m (2,743 ft) 2016 Sibillini Mountains Marche, Umbria 697.22 km2(269.20 sq mi) Monte Vettore 2,476 m (8,123 ft) Pollino Basilicata, Calabria 1,711.32 km2(660.74 sq mi) Sierra Dolcedorme 2,267 m (7,438 ft) Sila Calabria 736.95 km2(284.54 sq mi) Monte Botte Donato 1,928 m (6,325 ft) Stelvio Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 1,307.00 km2(504.64 sq mi) Cima Ortles 3,905 m (12,812 ft) Val Grande Piedmont 145.98 km2(56.36 sq mi) Monte Togano 2,295 m (7,530 ft) Vesuvius Campania 72.59 km2(28.03 sq mi) Great Cone 1,281 m (4,203 ft)

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