Great Genoa

[1][2] This aggregation makes Genoa a polycentric city, as the Genoese urban area is made up of several towns each with a strong sense of belonging, a consolidated economic and social structure and an old town, so they are not perceived as "suburbs".

Reflecting the strong local identity the inhabitants of many neighborhoods, former municipality, still say "I am going to Genoa" and not "I am going downtown" to state their intention to go to the city center.

[2][3][4] The aggregation of neighboring municipalities was in 1926, but the process started many years earlier.

[6] After this first urban expansion it was necessary to find space for new facilities and residential neighborhoods for the middle classes.

Among them, beside some small municipalities, were towns with a strong social identity such as Sampierdarena and Sestri Ponente.

The 9 districts of the present municipality of Genoa. The original municipality correspond to the Municipio I Centro Est and part of Municipio II Centro Ovest (cyan area)