City Council, Mascia (FI): “Yes to the twinning Genoa – Akko”
On the proposal of the Forza Italia group leader Mario Mascia, the motion that commits the mayor and arrived “to promote a pact of friendship and twinning between the cities of Genoa and Akko, by virtue of the their deep historical and cultural bond “.
“Akko, city of the State of Israel – explains Mascia – with the ancient name of Acre was the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, where the Genoese had the privilege of settling in March 1103, thanks to the contribution given by their 40 galleys led by Guglielmo Embriaco “Testa di Maglio” to conquer the city by King Baldovino “.
“It was thus – continues the blue group leader in the Red Room – that the Genoese neighborhood was born with a church of” San Lorenzo dei Genovesi “of which the remains still remain and with a” Via crciata at times “that seems to be a copy Paste of via di Sottoripa to Loading “.
“The starting point for this council initiative – adds Mascia – was given to me by a conference organized on November 9 by the President of APAI – Italy Israel Genoa Bruno Gazzo in the Aula Magna of the University of Genoa, during which was illustrated by Professor Fabrizio Benente, Pro Rector and Ordinary of Medieval Archeology of the University of Genoa, with a video greeting from Israel by Prof. Edna J.Stern, an Italian-Israeli project for the study of the medieval Genoese quarter of Acri, which involves the University of Genoa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Embassy and the Israel Antiquities Authority “.
“In Akko, what the Anonymous Genovese wrote in rhyme in the 13th century AD fits perfectly, that is, there are so many Genoese, and so dispersed for the world, that where they go and are another Genoa they do – concludes the group leader blue at Palazzo Tursi – the twinning with Genoa only consecrates an already established historical and cultural bond and the hope is that in the future this will also apply to all the “other Genoa” built by the Genoese around the world “.